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- [freez drahy-ing]
- /friz ˈdraɪ ɪŋ/
- /friːz draɪ/
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- [freez drahy-ing]
- /friz ˈdraɪ ɪŋ/
Definitions of freeze-drying word
- noun freeze-drying a process for drying heat-sensitive substances, as foods, blood plasma, antibiotics, and the like, by freezing the substance and then subliming the ice or other frozen solvent in a high vacuum. 1
- verb with object freeze-drying to subject to freeze-drying. 1
- noun freeze-drying The process of dehydration by sublimation for preservation or convenience. 0
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Origin of freeze-drying
First appearance:
before 1940 One of the 7% newest English words
First recorded in 1940-45
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Parts of speech for Freeze-drying
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
freeze-drying popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
Synonyms for freeze-drying
noun freeze-drying
- suspension — the act of suspending.
- cryonics — the practice of freezing a human corpse in the hope of restoring it to life in the future
- motionless — without motion: a motionless statue.
verb freeze-drying
- drain — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- wilt — to exercise the will: To will is not enough, one must do.
- sear — to burn or char the surface of: She seared the steak to seal in the juices.
- blot — If something is a blot on a person's or thing's reputation, it spoils their reputation.
- wither — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
Antonyms for freeze-drying
verb freeze-drying
- bloom — A bloom is the flower on a plant.
- soak — to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
- wet — moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
- grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- moisten — Wet slightly.
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