Definitions for "Pasteurize"
Keywords:  louis, scientist, milk, destroy, beer
To sterilize milk by heating, then rapidly cooling it.
Discovered by French scientist Louis Pasteur, this process kills bacteria by subjecting a liquid (e.g., milk) to moderately high temperatures for a short period of time.
To subject packaged beer to a temperature of 142° -- 145° Fahrenheit for a specified time to destroy enzymes, yeast, and other bacteria.
Keywords:  treat
To treat by pasteurism.
Keywords:  subject
To subject to pasteurization.