winterization

The act of preparing something for winter weather.

Noun

  1. The act of preparing something for winter weather.
  2. The process in which solid fats are removed from liquid edible oils by cooling, which allows such oils to be stored in a refrigerator.

Origin

Etymology tree English winter Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English winterization From winter + -ization.

Forms

winterizations winterisation

Related

winterize