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pasteurize

UK/ˈpɑːstʃəɹaɪz//ˈpæst͡ʃəɹaɪz/

pasteurize verb: to heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.

Verb

pasteurize (third-person singular simple present pasteurizes, present participle pasteurizing, simple past and past participle pasteurized)

  1. (transitive) To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.

pasteurize meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Vietnamese

pasteurize in Tamil

பாச்சர்முறை வழங்குதல், பதப்படுத்து

pasteurize in Bengali

পাস্তুরািত করা, জীবাণুমুক্ত করা

pasteurize in Malayalam

ചൂടുപിടിപ്പിച്ച് അണുക്കളെ നശിപ്പിക്കുക

pasteurize in Vietnamese

to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
thanh trùng

Forms of pasteurize

third-person singular presentpasteurizes
present participlepasteurizing
past participlepasteurized
pastpasteurized
alternative formpasteurise

Origin of pasteurize

Borrowed from French pasteuriser. From Louis Pasteur, the inventor of the process, + -ize.

Words formed from pasteurize

Questions about pasteurize

What does pasteurize mean?
Pasteurize means to heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.
What is pasteurize in Tamil?
Pasteurize in Tamil is பாச்சர்முறை வழங்குதல், பதப்படுத்து. See Pasteurize meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pasteurize?
Pasteurize is a verb.
How do you pronounce pasteurize?
Pasteurize is pronounced /ˈpæst͡ʃəɹaɪz/ (US).
What is the past tense of pasteurize?
The past tense of pasteurize is pasteurized.

Words near pasteurize in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pasteurize (page history and authors); pasteurize (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Pasteurize (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pasteurize (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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