pasteurize
🇺🇸
/ˈpæstʃəraɪz/
🇬🇧
/ˈpɑːstʃəraɪz/
verb
R
To treat a liquid, like milk, by heating it up to a certain temperature and then cooling it down to kill any bad bacteria.
The milk is pasteurized to make it safe for us to drink.
translation
To treat a liquid, like milk, by heating it up to a certain temperature and then cooling it down to kill any bad bacteria.
Word Forms
3rd Present
pasteurizes
Past
pasteurized
Perfect
pasteurized
Progressive
pasteurizing