nnoun.processa method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimesSynset:lyophilisation lyophilization
Derivationally Related Form:lyophilizelyophilise
Hypernyms:dehydration desiccation drying up evaporation freeze freezing
Inherited Hypernyms:freeze-dryingdehydrationextractionnatural processprocessphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:freeze-dryingfreezecoolingtemperature changenatural processprocessphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:freeze-dryingfreezephase changenatural processprocessphysical entityentity
vverb.changepreserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuumExamples:- freeze-dry the strawberries
Hypernyms:keep preserve
Inherited Hypernyms:freeze-drypreservecookcreate from raw materialmake
Direct Hyponyms:lyophiliselyophilize
Entailment:dehydrate desiccate dry up exsiccate
Full Troponyms:lyophilize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | The chefs --- the vegetables (apply to: freeze-dry)