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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To subject (a beverage or other food) to pasteurization.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To perform Pasteurization; sterilize fermented liquors, as beer or wine, by heat.
  2. To subject to the process of Pasteurism.
  3. To subject to the process of Pasteurization.
  4. Also spelled Pasteurise.

Wiktionary

  1. v. To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To subject to pasteurization.
  2. v. To treat by pasteurism.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms

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‘pasteurize’ has been looked up 683 times, added to 4 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 21.