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PASTEURIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms

Example:

pasteurize milk

Synonyms:

pasteurise; pasteurize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "pasteurize" is one way to...):

change integrity (change in physical make-up)

Cause:

condense; distil; distill (undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

Pasteur (French chemist and biologist whose discovery that fermentation is caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization (1822-1895))

pasteurization (partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food)

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