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pasteurized

pasteurized is the simple past and past participle of pasteurize.

Meaning of pasteurize

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.

Questions about pasteurized

What is pasteurized the simple past and past participle of?
Pasteurized is the simple past and past participle of pasteurize.

Words near pasteurized in the dictionary

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

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