FLASH-FROZEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flash-frozen mean? 

• FLASH-FROZEN (adjective)
  The adjective FLASH-FROZEN has 1 sense:

1. (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value

  Familiarity information: FLASH-FROZEN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLASH-FROZEN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value

Synonyms:

flash-frozen; frozen; quick-frozen

Context example:

frozen foods

Similar:

preserved (prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use)

 Context examples 

To determine structures by cryo-EM, protein suspensions are flash-frozen at liquid nitrogen temperatures, so the water around the protein molecules stays liquid-like.

(Near-atomic resolution of protein structure by electron microscopy holds promise for drug discovery, NIH)