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Meaning of pasteurisation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Heat-treatment of a perishable food to destroy heat-sensitive vegetative cells followed by immediate cooling to limit growth of the surviving cells and germination of spores.

UK, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Čeština pasterizace
Deutsch Pasteurisierung
Ελληνικά αποστείρωση παστερίωση
Español pasterización pasteurización
Suomi pastörointi
Français pasteurisation
Bahasa Indonesia pasteurisasi
Íslenska gerilsneyðing
Italiano pastorizzazione
日本語 パスチャライゼーション 低温殺菌
ქართული პასტერიზაცია
Polski pasteryzacja
Português pasteurização
Русский пастеризация
Svenska pastörisering

Examples

“Lorries collect the milk from the various outlying farms, whence it is taken to the district distribution centre to undergo pasteurisation.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

Pasteurism Pasteurization Pasteurizations Pasteurize Pasteurized pasteurizer

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