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# pasteurised

«pasteurised» in Mova's school dictionary: **Heated for a short time to kill harmful germs, then cooled** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective; verb form (past of pasteurise); US spelling pasteurized

### meaning for a pupil

1) (of milk, juice, cheese or eggs) Heated for a short time to kill harmful germs, then cooled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pasteurised/#m1)

2) Past tense of pasteurise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pasteurised/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Seen on food labels: «pasteurised milk», «made with pasteurised eggs». In science lessons on microbes and food safety, it tells the buyer the food is safer from germs like salmonella and listeria. Opposite: unpasteurised or raw.

### examples

- This carton says «pasteurised whole milk». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pasteurised/#x1)
- The cheese is made with pasteurised milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pasteurised/#x2)
- Pasteurised eggs are safer in homemade mayonnaise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pasteurised/#x3)
- The juice was pasteurised to make it last longer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pasteurised/#x4)
- Raw milk is milk that has not been pasteurised. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pasteurised/#x5)
- Most milk in shops is pasteurised. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pasteurised/#x6)

### note

Adjective and past form of the verb. UK/Ireland/Australia/NZ spell it -ised; US/Canada -ized. Trap: pasteurised food can still go off; keep it in the fridge and check the date.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pasteurised» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pasteurised/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.