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Burtonize

Burtonize verb: to enrich (water) with mineral salts, especially for brewing alcohol.

Verb

Burtonize (third-person singular simple present Burtonizes, present participle Burtonizing, simple past and past participle Burtonized)

  1. To enrich (water) with mineral salts, especially for brewing alcohol.
    • ... of many thousand gallons of Burtonized water being daily pumped up from the beds, and allowed to run off without being applied to any special purpose.1897, The Mining Engineer, page 112
    • [...] producing a more acid beer; adding hydrochloric or sulphuric or lactic acid simultaneously removes carbonates and "Burtonizes" the water. Acidifying wort by adding acidic malt and acidic malt extract to the copper changes buffering only [...]1952, Journal of the Institute of Brewing, Great Britain

Forms of Burtonize

third-person singular presentBurtonizes
present participleBurtonizing
past participleBurtonized
pastBurtonized

Origin of Burtonize

From the English town of Burton upon Trent, known for pale ales brewed from water rich in mineral salts, + -ize.

Questions about Burtonize

What does Burtonize mean?
Burtonize means to enrich (water) with mineral salts, especially for brewing alcohol.
What part of speech is Burtonize?
Burtonize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Burtonize?
The past tense of Burtonize is Burtonized.

Words near Burtonize in the dictionary

  1. Burton-on-Trent
  2. Burtonesque
  3. Burtonesquely
  4. Burtonian
  5. Burtonization
  6. Burtonize
  7. Burtonized
  8. Burtonizes
  9. Burtonizing
  10. Burtonport
  11. burtons

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