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pasteurizes

pasteurizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 pasteurizes

What is pasteurizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pasteurizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pasteurize.

Words near pasteurizes in the dictionary

  1. pasteurizations
  2. pasteurize
  3. pasteurized
  4. pasteurizer
  5. pasteurizers
  6. pasteurizes
  7. pasteurizing
  8. pastey
  9. pasticceria
  10. pasticcerias
  11. pasticcerie

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