Biological Sample Preservation

noun a place or room used for storing goods at low temperatures to preserve their quality

• The company invested in a state-of-the-art cold storage facility to preserve perishable goods.
• We need to make sure we put the leftovers in the cold storage so they don't go bad.
• Hey, can you toss that in the cold storage before it spoils?
• She kept her emotions in cold storage, not wanting to deal with them at the moment.

verb to preserve a substance by freezing it and then drying it in a vacuum

adjective describing a process or product that has been preserved by freeze drying

• The process of freeze drying involves removing moisture from a substance at a low temperature.
• I heard you can freeze dry fruit to make it last longer.
• I'm going to try freeze drying some snacks for our camping trip.
• The idea of freeze drying memories through photographs is intriguing.