VERB | change | pasteurise, pasteurize | heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms |
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Meaning | heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | pasteurize | |
Cause to | condense, distill, distil | Undergo condensation |
Broader | change integrity | change in physical make-up |
Spanish | pasterizar, pasteurizar | |
Catalan | pasteuritzar | |
Participle | pasteurised | having been subjected to pasteurization in order to halt fermentation |
unpasteurised | not having undergone pasteurization | |
Nouns | Pasteur | French chemist and biologist whose discovery that fermentation is caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization (1822-1895) |
pasteurisation | partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food |
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