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pasteurises

pasteurises is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about pasteurises

What is pasteurises the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pasteurises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pasteurise.

Words near pasteurises in the dictionary

  1. pasteurisations
  2. pasteurise
  3. pasteurised
  4. pasteuriser
  5. pasteurisers
  6. pasteurises
  7. pasteurising
  8. Pasteurism
  9. pasteurizable
  10. pasteurization
  11. pasteurizations

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