Antonyms for pasteurize


Grammar : Verb
Spell : pas-chuh-rahyz, pas-tuh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæs tʃəˌraɪz, ˈpæs tə-


Definition of pasteurize

Origin :
  • 1881, with -ize, after Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist and bacteriologist, who invented the process of heating food, milk, wine, etc., to kill most of the micro-organisms in it; distinguished from sterilization, which involves killing all of them. The surname is literally "Pastor." Related: Pasteurized; pasteurizing.
  • As in sterilize : verb make clean or unproductive
  • As in spay : verb sterilize
  • As in unsex : verb sterilize
Example sentences :
  • Parents in small towns and in the country should be taught to pasteurize all milk.
  • Extract from : « Civics and Health » by William H. Allen
  • It gets into their young intestines, God bless 'em, and makes you pasteurize all they eat.
  • Extract from : « His Family » by Ernest Poole
  • To pasteurize milk in the home, proceed in the manner illustrated in Fig. 3.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Unless the milk is perfectly fresh, and has been handled with great care, it is safer to sterilize or pasteurize it.
  • Extract from : « Public School Domestic Science » by Mrs. J. Hoodless
  • To pasteurize milk we heat it to a temperature of not over 170 Fahrenheit for from ten minutes to half an hour.
  • Extract from : « A Civic Biology » by George William Hunter
  • They will tell these mothers why it is necessary to pasteurize the milk before feeding it to the baby.
  • Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) » by Grant Hague
  • Apparatus of sufficient capacity to pasteurize on a commercial scale.
  • Extract from : « Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition » by H. L. Russell

Synonyms for pasteurize

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