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QUICK-FREEZE (quick-froze, quick-frozen)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quick-freeze mean?
• QUICK-FREEZE (verb)
The verb QUICK-FREEZE has 1 sense:
1. freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors
Familiarity information: QUICK-FREEZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they quick-freeze ... he / she / it quick-freezes
Past simple: quick-froze
Past participle: quick-frozen
-ing form: quick-freezing
Past simple: quick-froze
Past participle: quick-frozen
-ing form: quick-freezing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
flash-freeze; quick-freeze
Context example:
quick-freeze the shrimp
Hypernyms (to "quick-freeze" is one way to...):
freeze (cause to freeze)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The chefs quick-freeze the vegetables
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