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freeze drying
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freeze drying [′frēz ‚drī·iŋ]
(engineering)
A method of drying materials, such as certain foods, that would be destroyed by the loss of volatile ingredients or by drying temperatures above the freezing point; the material is frozen under high vacuum so that ice or other frozen solvent will quickly sublime and a porous solid remain.


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But you can go on a hiking trip and sleep in a comfortable bed, enjoy fine wine and gourmet meals and skip the tent and freeze-dried food that even an airline wouldn't serve.
At the Library of Congress, in anticipation of possible terrorist attacks exacerbated by the coming of war in Iraq, employees have been issued gas masks and a five-day supply of water and freeze-dried food.
At sea, the sailors' meals consist of muesli, freeze-dried food from waterproof packets, and protein bars.
 
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