SUN-DRIED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sun-dried mean? 

• SUN-DRIED (adjective)
  The adjective SUN-DRIED has 1 sense:

1. dried naturally by the sun

  Familiarity information: SUN-DRIED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUN-DRIED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dried naturally by the sun

Synonyms:

sun-dried; sundried

Context example:

sun-dried apricots

Similar:

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

 Context examples 

The pound and a half of sun-dried salmon, which was his ration for each day, seemed to go nowhere.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

A rabbit-skin sleeping-robe, a muzzle- loading rifle, and a few pounds of sun-dried salmon constituted his outfit.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

It was a master surgeon, him that ampytated me—out of college and all—Latin by the bucket, and what not; but he was hanged like a dog, and sun-dried like the rest, at Corso Castle.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)