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Adjective freeze-dried has 2 senses

lyophilized, lyophilised, freeze-dried - used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances; dried by freezing in a high vacuum
Antonym: fresh (indirect, via preserved)
freeze-dried - preserved by freezing and drying in a vacuum; "freeze-dried coffee"
Antonym: fresh (indirect, via preserved)

Verb freeze-dry has 1 sense

freeze-dry - preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum; "freeze-dry the strawberries"
--₁ is one way to preserve, keep
Sample sentence:
The chefs freeze-dry the vegetables