PASTEURISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pasteurisation mean? 

• PASTEURISATION (noun)
  The noun PASTEURISATION has 1 sense:

1. partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food

  Familiarity information: PASTEURISATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PASTEURISATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

pasteurisation; pasteurization

Hypernyms ("pasteurisation" is a kind of...):

sterilisation; sterilization (the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means))

Derivation:

pasteurise (heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms)