HOMOGENIZE

homogenize, homogenise

(verb) cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing; “homogenize the main ingredients”

homogenize, homogenise

(verb) become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing; “The two liquids homogenized in the blender”

homogenize, homogenise

(verb) break up the fat globules of; “homogenized milk”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

homogenize (third-person singular simple present homogenizes, present participle homogenizing, simple past and past participle homogenized)

To make homogeneous, to blend or puree.

Specifically, to treat milk so that the cream no longer separates.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

27 December 2024

OBLIGATE

(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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