Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pasteurisation

1 sense of pasteurisation

Sense 1
pasteurization, pasteurisation -- (partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food)
       => sterilization, sterilisation -- (the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means))