pasteurize
verb /ˈpɑːstʃəraɪz/
/ˈpæstʃəraɪz/
(British English also pasteurise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pasteurize | /ˈpɑːstʃəraɪz/ /ˈpæstʃəraɪz/ |
| he / she / it pasteurizes | /ˈpɑːstʃəraɪzɪz/ /ˈpæstʃəraɪzɪz/ |
| past simple pasteurized | /ˈpɑːstʃəraɪzd/ /ˈpæstʃəraɪzd/ |
| past participle pasteurized | /ˈpɑːstʃəraɪzd/ /ˈpæstʃəraɪzd/ |
| -ing form pasteurizing | /ˈpɑːstʃəraɪzɪŋ/ /ˈpæstʃəraɪzɪŋ/ |
- pasteurize something to heat a liquid, especially milk, to a particular temperature and then cool it, in order to kill harmful bacteria
- pasteurized milk
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from the name of L. Pasteur (1822-95), French chemist and bacteriologist + -ize.