'Pasteurize' definitions:
Definition of 'pasteurize'
From: WordNet
verb
Heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms; "pasteurize milk" [syn: pasteurize, pasteurise]
Definition of 'Pasteurize'
From: GCIDE
- Pasteurize \Pas*teur"ize\, v. t.
- 1. To subject to pasteurization. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To treat by pasteurism. [1913 Webster]