pasteurize

[ pas-chuh-rahyz, pas-tuh- ]

/ ˈpæs tʃəˌraɪz, ˈpæs tə- /

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verb (used with object), pas·teur·ized, pas·teur·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 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

First recorded in 1880–85; Pasteur + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM pasteurize

pas·teur·i·za·tion, nounsu·per·pas·teur·ized, adjectiveul·tra·pas·teur·ized, adjectiveun·pas·teur·ized, adjective

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How to use pasteurize in a sentence

One-bowl snacking cakes are everything exhausted bakers need nowIf you are concerned about undercooked batter, you may use pasteurized eggs.
If loving a piping hot chocolate lava cake is wrong, I don’t want to be right|Becky Krystal|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
“Pasteurized milk is really not that delicious if you know the taste of raw milk,” he says.
This Book Will Change the Way You Eat|Lucas Wittmann|December 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It is true, of course, that pasteurized milk is not so good as clean raw milk.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
At the end of this time, the milk will be sufficiently pasteurized and may be removed from the fire.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

It is of vital importance when the milk must be pasteurized.
Physiology|Ernest G. Martin
Such milk, known in New York as grade B milk, is pasteurized before delivery, and is sold only in bottles.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter
This small amount of milk may be pasteurized by placing the container in water heated to the desired temperature.
The Book of Cheese|Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk

British Dictionary definitions for pasteurize

pasteurize

pasteurise

/ (ˈpæstəˌraɪz, -stjə-, ˈpɑː-) /

verb (tr)

to subject (milk, beer, etc) to pasteurization

rare to subject (a patient) to pasteurism

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pasteurize

Origin of pasteurize

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