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pasteurization

pasteurization is the alternative spelling of pasteurisation.

Meaning of pasteurisation

Noun

pasteurisation (countable and uncountable, plural pasteurisations)

  1. (UK) Heat-treatment of a perishable food to destroy heat-sensitive vegetative cells followed by immediate cooling to limit growth of the surviving cells and germination of spores.
    • Lorries collect the milk from the various outlying farms, whence it is taken to the district distribution centre to undergo pasteurisation.1959 March, R. C. Rley, “Home with the Milk”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 155, 157

Forms of pasteurization

pluralpasteurizations

Words formed from pasteurization

Questions about pasteurization

What is pasteurization the alternative spelling of?
Pasteurization is the alternative spelling of pasteurisation.

Words near pasteurization in the dictionary

  1. pasteurisers
  2. pasteurises
  3. pasteurising
  4. Pasteurism
  5. pasteurizable
  6. pasteurization
  7. pasteurizations
  8. pasteurize
  9. pasteurized
  10. pasteurizer
  11. pasteurizers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pasteurization (page history and authors); pasteurisation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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