Unsour

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove the sourness from; to make no longer sour. transitive

    "He'd worked in the dairy industry for thirty-one years, recalling how in the past, when regulations were less stringent, they'd worked out how to unsour old cream, which they made into butter for domestic consumption."

Example

More examples

"He'd worked in the dairy industry for thirty-one years, recalling how in the past, when regulations were less stringent, they'd worked out how to unsour old cream, which they made into butter for domestic consumption."

Etymology

From un- + sour.

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