processed

5 definitions • 10 examples

having had some sort of chemical or industrial treatment in order to preserve it, make it safe, or change its taste or appearance:

processed food I eat lots of fresh fruit and vegetables, and no processed food apart from smoked salmon or ham.

processed cheese/meat

processed uranium Globally, 180 million pounds of processed uranium are consumed each year by nuclear power plants.

The processed yarn is then turned into fabric.

(of information) having had a series of operations performed on it by computer:

Raw or processed data may be transmitted to a centralized station for full analysis.

The processed files are saved to a new, user-specified directory.

(of documents) having been dealt with in an official way:

Only one percent of the processed claims were approved.

Of 80 processed applications, the mean processing time was 46 days.

(of food) treated with chemicals that preserve it or give it extra taste or color:

processed cheese/meat

used to describe food to which chemicals have been added that make it last longer or give it extra taste or colour:

processed cheese/food/meat, etc. Increases in fuel prices translate to higher prices for processed foods.