quick-freezing

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• quick-freez|ing — «KWIHK FREE zihng», noun. a process in which food is subjected to rapid freezing before storage at freezing temperatures, in order to prevent the formation of ice crystals which damage the cells of some foods and cause them to leak their natural… …   Useful english dictionary

• quick-freeze — ☆ quick freeze [kwik′frēz′ ] vt. quick froze, quick frozen, quick freezing to subject (raw or freshly cooked food) to sudden freezing so that the flavor and natural juices are retained and the food can be stored at low temperatures for a long… …   English World dictionary

• quick-fro|zen — «KWIHK FROH zuhn», adjective, verb. –adj. (of food) prepared for storage by quick freezing: »Mr. Birdseye gave the world its first packaged quick frozen foods and laid the foundation for today s frozen food industry (New York Herald Tribune). a)… …   Useful english dictionary

• freezing — Synonyms and related words: Siberian, adiabatic absorption, adiabatic demagnetization, adiabatic expansion, air conditioning, air cooling, algid, algific, anhydration, arctic, below zero, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, blast freezing, blast… …   Moby Thesaurus

• quick-freeze — 1. noun A chamber or device in which the temperature may be rapidly lowered to below to freezing point. 2. verb a) To rapidly reduce the temperature of something to below the freezing point, thereby preser …   Wiktionary

• quick-freeze — /kwɪk ˈfriz/ (say kwik freez) verb (t) (quick froze, quick frozen, quick freezing) to subject (cooked or uncooked food) to rapid refrigeration, permitting it to be stored almost indefinitely at freezing temperatures. –quick frozen /ˈkwɪk froʊzən/ …  

• quick-freeze — /kwik freez /, v.t., quick froze, quick frozen, quick freezing. to freeze (cooked or uncooked food) rapidly, permitting it to be stored almost indefinitely at freezing temperatures. Also called flash freeze, sharp freeze. [1925 30] * * * …   Universalium

• quick-freeze — UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms quick freeze : present tense I/you/we/they quick freeze he/she/it quick freezes present participle quick freezing past tense quick froze past participle quick frozen to freeze food very quickly before it stops …   English dictionary

• quick-freeze — quick′ freeze′ v. t. froze, fro•zen, freez•ing coo to freeze (food) rapidly so that it can be stored at freezing temperatures • Etymology: 1925–30 …   From formal English to slang

• freezing — freezingly, adv. /free zing/, adj. 1. (of temperatures) approaching, at, or below the freezing point. 2. extremely or uncomfortably cold; chilled: We were both freezing and welcomed the hot cocoa. 3. beginning to freeze or partially frozen; in… …   Universalium

• quick-freeze — transitive verb (quick froze; quick frozen; freezing) Date: 1930 to freeze (food) for preservation so rapidly that ice crystals formed are too small to rupture the cells and the natural juices and flavor are preserved …   New Collegiate Dictionary