Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun freeze-drying

1 sense of freeze-drying

Sense 1
freeze-drying, lyophilization, lyophilisation -- (a 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 sublimes)
       => freeze, freezing -- (the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid)
       => dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation -- (the process of extracting moisture)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb freeze-dry

1 sense of freeze-dry

Sense 1
freeze-dry -- (preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum; "freeze-dry the strawberries")
       => preserve, keep -- (prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh")