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pasteurising

pasteurising is the present participle and gerund 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 pasteurising

What is pasteurising the present participle and gerund of?
Pasteurising is the present participle and gerund of pasteurise.

Words near pasteurising in the dictionary

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

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