pasteurize
[pas-chuh-rahyz, pas-tuh-]
- to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
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Also especially British, pas·teur·ise.
Origin of pasteurize
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Contemporary Examples
“Pasteurized milk is really not that delicious if you know the taste of raw milk,” he says.
Historical Examples
If there is any doubt of the cleanliness, the milk should be pasteurized.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household ManagementMinistry of Education
Pasteurized milk should not be kept more than a couple of days.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household ManagementMinistry of Education
Milk may be preserved for several days if "pasteurized" or "sterilized."
After the specific amount has been selected, this milk should be pasteurized.
The Book of CheeseCharles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
The bottles of milk to be pasteurized are hung in the water in the barrel.
The Book of CheeseCharles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
pasteurize
pasteurise
- to subject (milk, beer, etc) to pasteurization
- rare to subject (a patient) to pasteurism
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Word Origin and History for pasteurized
pasteurize
v.
1881, with -ize, after Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist and bacteriologist, who invented the process of heating food, milk, wine, etc., to kill most of the micro-organisms in it; distinguished from sterilization, which involves killing all of them. The surname is literally "Pastor." Related: Pasteurized; pasteurizing.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
pasteurize
(păs′chə-rīz′, păs′tə-)- To treat by pasteurization.
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