Definition of snap-freeze in English:
snap-freeze
verbsnap-frozen, snap-froze
[with object]Freeze (something) very rapidly by suddenly lowering the temperature to well below its freezing point.
local farmers will not snap-freeze their berries
Example sentencesExamples
- Our last remaining 5-day-old embryo has been snap-frozen.
- He vacuum-packs and snap-freezes fresh food to ensure sterility.
- All biopsies were obtained using a biopsy gun and were snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen and thereafter stored at -80° Celsius.
- Instead of the eggs being fertilized, they are snap-frozen and can be stored for several years.
- The products had been partially baked, snap-frozen, then baked to completion at the store.
- Approximately 1g of whole plant tissue was harvested from each genotype and snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen.
- The vegetables and fruit are snap-frozen when fresh and retain the nutrients.
- Tissues were dissected immediately, weighed, and snap-frozen on dry ice.
- This week's Canterbury harvests are being snap-frozen within about two hours of harvest.
- Other samples from the same areas were snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at -80° Celsius for DNA analysis.