freeze-dried adj 1: used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances; dried by freezing in a high vacuum [syn: {lyophilized}, {lyophilised}] 2: preserved by freezing and drying in a vacuum; "freeze-dried coffee" freeze-dry v : preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum; "freeze-dry the strawberries" [also: {freeze-dried}] freeze-dried See {freeze-dry}