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pasteurised

pasteurised is the simple past and past participle of pasteurise.

Meaning of pasteurise

Verb

pasteurise (third-person singular simple present pasteurises, present participle pasteurising, simple past and past participle pasteurised)

  1. (transitive) To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.
    • Opolot liked his milk straight from the cow – pasteurising kills both the taste and the savour, he claimed – and hardly diluted.2014, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Kintu, Oneworld Publications (2018), page 138

Forms of pasteurised

alternative formpasteurized

Questions about pasteurised

What is pasteurised the simple past and past participle of?
Pasteurised is the simple past and past participle of pasteurise.

Words near pasteurised in the dictionary

  1. Pasteurian
  2. pasteurisable
  3. pasteurisation
  4. pasteurisations
  5. pasteurise
  6. pasteurised
  7. pasteuriser
  8. pasteurisers
  9. pasteurises
  10. pasteurising
  11. Pasteurism

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