Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pasteurisation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables: pas-teuri-sa-tion
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From French pasteurisation, from the surname of its inventor, Louis Pasteur.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: pasteurisation

Usage

Inflected Forms

pasteurisations (plural) pasteurization (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

pasteurise

Synonyms

pasteurization

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization head station nation location

Questions

What does pasteurisation mean?: 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.
Where does pasteurisation come from?: It is traced to French.

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