Winterize

verb

verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To prepare (something) for winter weather. transitive

    "Temperatures are expected to plummet over the weekend, and aside from grabbing a coat, experts say there’s some things you should do to winterize your home."

  2. 2
    prepare for winter wordnet
  3. 3
    To remove the saturated fats from (a vegetable oil) by cooling and filtering it, so that it does not become cloudy in the winter. transitive

    "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."

Synonyms

All synonyms
winterise

Example

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"Temperatures are expected to plummet over the weekend, and aside from grabbing a coat, experts say there’s some things you should do to winterize your home."

Etymology

From winter + -ize.

Related phrases

saturated fatvegetable oil

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