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to flash-freeze

to flash-freeze

1 5.3
To make food very cold very quickly to keep it fresh
  • verb
  • /flæʃ-friːz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : congelar rápidamente
  • To preserve its freshness, we need to flash-freeze the fruit right after harvesting.

Examples

  • I always thought you had to flash freeze or blanch certain types of produce before freezing to keep them from breaking down.

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  • The chef decided to flash-freeze the leftovers to maintain their flavor for later use.

  • But what we are working on, there are ways to flash freeze and to ship.

  • We can cook it, flash freeze it overnight, prepare healthy meals.

  • A distributor flash-freezes it and ships it out.

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  • I'll take a daily harvest, which is like a they flash freeze fruits and vegetables at their peak freshness.

  • After cooking the meals, the restaurant flash-freezes them to ensure they stay delicious until delivery.

Synonyms

to quick-freeze
vsto flash-freeze
  • Specialized
1 3.8

To make food very cold quickly to keep its taste and juices

emphasizes very rapid freezing to protect quality and texture

Antonyms

thawing
5 2.9

Frozen things gradually become liquid or soft because they get warmer

How Fast

to flash-freeze
  • Specialized
1 5.3
to quick-freeze
  • Specialized
1 3.8
to freeze
770 1.0
to chill
84 1.0

Surface Forms

flash-freeze infinitive
flash-freezing present participle
flash-freezes third person singular
flash-froze past
flash-frozen past participle

Morphology

flash-freeze = flash + freeze (transparent) = flash + freeze

The meaning 'to freeze very rapidly' is a straightforward combination of 'flash' (sudden) + 'freeze' (to freeze), which learners can derive.

Etymology

Flash-freeze joins flash, which suggests a sudden burst or doing something 'very quickly', and freeze, which means 'to turn to ice'. So, to flash-freeze something is to freeze it almost instantly to keep its quality and taste.