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pas·teur·ize
(păs′chə-rīz′, păs′tə-)tr.v. pas·teur·ized, pas·teur·iz·ing, pas·teur·iz·es
To subject (a beverage or other food) to pasteurization.
pas′teur·iz′er n.
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pasteurize
(ˈpæstəˌraɪz; -stjə-; ˈpɑː-) orpasteurise
vb (tr)
1. (Brewing) to subject (milk, beer, etc) to pasteurization
2. (Cookery) to subject (milk, beer, etc) to pasteurization
3. (Medicine) rare to subject (a patient) to pasteurism
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pas•teur•ize
(ˈpæs tʃəˌraɪz, ˈpæs tə-)v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.
to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy harmful or undesirable microorganisms without radically altering taste or quality.
[1880–85]
pas`teur•i•za′tion, n.
pas′teur•iz`er, n.
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pasteurize
Past participle: pasteurized
Gerund: pasteurizing
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pasteurize
To kill microorganisms in milk by heating.
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| Verb | 1. | pasteurize - heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms; "pasteurize milk" change integrity - change in physical make-up |
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Translations
pasterizovat
pasteurisere
pastöroida
pasztőröz
gerilsneyîa
pasterizavimaspasterizuoti
pasterizēt
pasterizovať
pastörize etmek
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
pasteurize
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
pasteurize,
pasteurise
(ˈpӕstʃəraiz) verb to heat food, especially milk, for a time to kill germs in it.
ˌpasteuriˈzation, ˌpasteuriˈsation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.