verb
- to heat a liquid (especially milk) to a specific temperature for a set time to kill harmful bacteria
Usage: British spelling; American spelling is ‘pasteurize’
Examples
- The dairy farm pasteurises all milk before packaging.
- Most commercial milk is pasteurised for safety.
- They pasteurise the juice to extend its shelf life.
- The process to pasteurise milk was invented by Louis Pasteur.
- Raw milk must be pasteurised before it can be sold in stores.
- The factory pasteurises thousands of gallons of milk daily.