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    PASTEURISE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they pasteurise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it pasteurises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: pasteurised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: pasteurised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: pasteurising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Heat food in order to kill harmful microorganismsplay

    Example:

    pasteurize milk

    Synonyms:

    pasteurise; pasteurize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "pasteurise" is one way to...):

    change integrity (change in physical make-up)

    Cause:

    condense; distil; distill (undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

    Derivation:

    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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