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spray-dry
(spray-dry)
verb
[
with object
]
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:
the essential feature in spray-drying eggs is the avoidance of scorching
Derivatives
spray-dryer
noun
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