pasteurize

Other spellings

• (UK) pasteurise

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈpæstʃəraɪz/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈpɑːstʃəraɪz/

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Verb

Plain form pasteurize

Third-person singular pasteurizes

Past tense pasteurized

Past participle pasteurized

Present participle pasteurizing

1. (transitive) If you pasteurize milk, you heat it to kill harmful bacteria in it.