freeze-dry

English

Verb

freeze-dry (third-person singular simple present freeze-dries, present participle freeze-drying, simple past and past participle freeze-dried)

1. (transitive) To remove volatile liquid from (a substance) by sublimation, normally under vacuum, from the frozen state.

Synonyms

• lyophilise

Translations

to cause to sublimate from frozen state

• Catalan: liofilitzar (ca)
• Finnish: pakastekuivattaa
• French: lyophiliser (fr), cryodessécher (fr)
• Italian: liofilizzare (it)
• Maori: tauraki tio
• Occitan: liofilizar
• Portuguese: criodessecar
• Spanish: liofilizar (es)
• Swedish: frystorka