flash-freeze (flăshfrēz)
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Tweet tr.v. flash-froze (-frōz), flash-fro·zen (-frōzən), flash-freez·ing, flash-freez·es 1. To freeze (produce, meat, or fish) immediately after harvesting, butchering, or catching. 2. To freeze (a biological specimen, for example) instantaneously by exposure to an environment of very low temperature. |
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