Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

burtonize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bur-tonize
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To enrich (water) with mineral salts, especially for brewing alcohol.

Example Sentences

"... of many thousand gallons of Burtonized water being daily pumped up from the beds, and allowed to run off without being applied to any special purpose."
"[...] producing a more acid beer; adding hydrochloric or sulphuric or lactic acid simultaneously removes carbonates and "Burtonizes" the water. Acidifying wort by adding acidic malt and acidic malt extract to the copper changes buffering only [...]"
"It has a pale chestnut colour with a herbal, spicy and fresh tobacco aroma with rye bread malt and a powerful sulphur note: the brewing water is Burtonized. The palate is bittersweet with rich biscuit malt, [...]"

Etymology

From the English town of Burton upon Trent, known for pale ales brewed from water rich in mineral salts, + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: -ize

Inflected Forms

Burtonizes (present, singular) Burtonizing (participle, present) Burtonized (participle, past) Burtonized (past)

Questions

What does burtonize mean?: To enrich (water) with mineral salts, especially for brewing alcohol.
Where does burtonize come from?: From the English town of Burton upon Trent, known for pale ales brewed from water rich in mineral salts, + -ize.

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