FREEZE-DRY Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

freeze-dry

verb

Definition of freeze-dry

as in to evaporate

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Farming jobs evaporated as technologies, from fertilizers to combines, enabled greater productivity, automation, and consolidation.

— Ali Kashani, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
In facilities equipped with evaporative cooling towers, some of the circulating water evaporates, carrying heat out of the data center into the atmosphere.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of evaporate

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The Emory oaks that had been drying out as Resolution dewaters the underground shafts were reviving, their leaves fleshing out and appearing healthier as water seeped into the ground.

— The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
The Pensées, however, was submerged near the harbor despite attempts to dewater it with pumps.

— Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 5 July 2022

Definition of dewater

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That gives the gin a pale yellow color, and adds barrel notes of oak and dried fruit to a palate shaped by botanicals including juniper, queen of the night (a nocturnal cactus flower), coriander seed, Damask rose, and Nigerian ginger.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026
About a month after the ink dried on that contract, Kim, who had slipped on ice and fallen while in his native Korea, had surgery to repair a tendon on his right middle finger.

— Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of dry

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Most people wake mildly dehydrated after six to eight hours of sleep, dietitians and endocrinologists say.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
Hydrate before you caffeinate Six to eight hours of sleep leaves most people mildly dehydrated by morning, thanks to breathing and sweat.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of dehydrate

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In the Rocky Mountains, years of extreme heat and drought have baked the landscape, drying up streams that feed the Colorado River and desiccating pastures where cattle graze.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Strewn around the edges of the room are ceramic casts of the pocked fruit, brown and desiccated like a pile of skulls.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of desiccate

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