Suffering from excessive loss of water from the body.

Preserved by removing natural moisture:
— Dehydrated eggs.

synonyms: desiccated, dried.

Roget 340: dry, anhydrous, arid; adust^†, arescent^†; dried etc. v.; undamped; juiceless^†, sapless; sear; husky; rainless, without rain, fine; dry as a bone, dry as dust, dry as a stick, dry as a mummy, dry as a biscuit.    water proof, water tight.    dehydrated, dessicated.    ... show more