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Winterize - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a verb winterize

is to prepare (something) for winter weather.

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

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.