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Winterise vs Winterize - What's the difference?

winterise | winterize | Alternative forms |

Winterize is a derived term of winterise.

Winterize is a alternative form of winterise.



As verbs the difference between winterise and winterize

is that winterise is standard spelling of from=Non-Oxford British spelling|lang=en|winterize while winterize is to prepare (something) for winter weather.

winterise

English

Verb

(winteris)
  • winterize

    English

    Alternative forms

    *winterise (non-Oxford British spelling)

    Verb

    (winteriz)
  • To prepare (something) for winter weather.
  • To remove the saturated fats from (a vegetable oil) by cooling and filtering it, so that it does not go cloudy in the winter.
  • * 1990 , David R. Erickson (editor), (World Conference Proceedings) Edible Fats and Oils Processing: Basic Principles and Modern Practices , page 103:
  • Some oils which are frequently winterized to produce salad oil are: refined and lightly hydrogenated soybean oil, cottonseed oil and some varieties of rapeseed oil.
    The continuous miscella winterizing process takes from 45 min to 1 hr to produce +15 hr cold test oil.

    Derived terms

    * winterisation, winterization * winterised, winterized * winterising, winterizing * winteriser, winterizer