freeze-drying
present participle offreeze-dry
freeze-dry
verb[T]
uk/ˌfriːzˈdraɪ/us/ˌfriːzˈdraɪ/topreservesomething,especiallyfood, byfreezingand thendryingit:
freeze-driedcoffee
Preserving & storing food
- beeswax wrap
- bin
- biscuit tin
- bread basket
- bread bin
- deep freeze
- defrost
- flash-freeze
- foil
- food technology
- pickle
- pickled
- pickling
- plastic wrap
- potted
- tub
- Tupperware
- vacuum-packed
- wax paper
- wax wrap
Examplesoffreeze-drying
freeze-drying
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The data from one batch of 40 animals had to be excluded from the analysis because of a technical fault duringfreeze-drying.
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We evaluated chelating agents and treatments for their suitability infreeze-dryingof porcine spermatozoa.
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Long-term preservation of mouse spermatozoa afterfreeze-dryingand freezing without cryoprotection.
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However, the increasing availability of effectivefreeze-dryingtechniques made this approach more attractive.
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The two desiccant-drying conditions were closer to a natural drying process than thefreeze-dryingwhich is a sublimation process.
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Diapausing larvae were not completely dried under the previousfreeze-dryingconditions, thus explaining the lower estimate of water content.
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Additionally, the authors prepared a glycerol- lysozyme sample from a solution of equal amounts of glycerol and lysozyme byfreeze-drying.
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The agar foams were produced by afreeze-dryingmethod, where the polymer solution is rapidly frozen and the solvent is removed by a vacuum drying process.
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It is not just about having nice hygienic conditions offreeze-dryingfor horticultural products.
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Rotary evaporation for high boiling hydrogen bond-forming solvents such as water is often a last recourse, as other evaporation methods orfreeze-drying(lyophilization) are available.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In more recent times,freeze-drying, water binding humectants, and fully automated equipment with temperature and humidity control have been added.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Afreeze-dryingunit was installed to handle the deep-frozen materials safely before restoration.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A nebulisate is a dry extract created byfreeze-drying.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In these cases,freeze-dryingmay not be an effective restoration method.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Instant coffee is commercially prepared by eitherfreeze-dryingor spray drying, after which it can be rehydrated.
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- household bleach
- household budget
- household budget
- household chemicals
- household chemicals
- household chores
- household cleaners
- household cleaning
- household consumption
- household consumption
- household duties
- household duties
- hunky
- hunky-dory
- hunky-dory
- hunny
- hunt
- hunt-down
- hunted
- hunter
- hunter-gatherer
- hunter-gatherer
- hunter-gatherer lifestyle
- hunter-gatherer society
- hunting