spray-dry

spray-dry
verb
dry by bringing into the form of a spray, through contact with a hot gas
Hypernyms: ↑dry, ↑dry out
Verb Frames:
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ transitive verb
: to dry (as milk, eggs, or soap) by bringing in the form of a spray into contact with hot air or other gases and often recovering in the form of a powder

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v. [trans.] dry (a foodstuff or a ceramic material) by spraying particles of it into a current of hot air, the water in the particles being rapidly evaporated
Derivatives:
spray dryer n.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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