- pasteurize
- transitive verb (-ized; -izing) Etymology: Louis Pasteur Date: 1881 to subject to pasteurization • pasteurizer noun
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Pasteurize — Pas*teur ize, v. t. 1. To subject to pasteurization. [1913 Webster] 2. To treat by pasteurism. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pasteurize — (v.) 1881, with IZE (Cf. 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 (Cf.… … Etymology dictionary
pasteurize — (Amer.) pas·teur·ize || pæstʃəraɪz v. sterilize milk or other fluid through exposure to high temperatures; treat by pasteurization (also pasteurise) … English contemporary dictionary
pasteurize — (also pasteurise) ► VERB ▪ make (milk or other food) safe to eat by destroying most of the micro organisms in it, especially by heating. DERIVATIVES pasteurization noun. ORIGIN named after the French chemist Louis Pasteur (1822 95) … English terms dictionary
pasteurize — [pas′chər īz΄, pas′tərīz΄] vt. pasteurized, pasteurizing [Fr pasteuriser, after PASTEUR Louis + iser, IZE] to subject (milk, beer, etc.) to pasteurization pasteurizer n … English World dictionary
pasteurize — pasteurization, n. /pas cheuh ruyz , pas teuh /, v.t., pasteurized, pasteurizing. 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… … Universalium
pasteurize — verb To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts … Wiktionary
pasteurize — To treat by pasteurization. * * * pas·teur·ize also Brit pas·teur·ise pas chə .rīz, pas tə vt, ized also Brit ised; iz·ing also Brit is·ing to subject to pasteurization pas·teur·iz·er also Brit pas·teur·is·er n … Medical dictionary
pasteurize — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. sterilize, disinfect. See cleanness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. render germ free, sterilize, purify, make safe for human consumption; see clean , heat 2 … English dictionary for students
Pasteurize — Louis Pasteur (1822 1895), French chemist and microbiologist, decided at an early age to become a painter, but this interest was superseded by a fascination with science. He became a professor of physics at Dijon in 1848, and then a professor… … Dictionary of eponyms
