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processed

/ˈprəʊsest/adjective

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प्रसंस्कृत

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adjective
  1. 1

    (of food) treated with chemicals or by other methods so that it keeps longer or is easier to use

    प्रसंस्कृत

    • processed food
    • processed cheese
    • Doctors advise us to eat less processed food.
    + 2 more examples
    • Packets of processed meat are sold in large supermarkets.
    • Processed snacks often contain a lot of salt.

    Opposite fresh natural unprocessed

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

processed + noun (adjective)

Processed describes food or material that has been treated by a factory method before it is sold, such as processed cheese or processed meat.

'Processed' उस खाद्य या सामग्री का वर्णन करता है जिसे बेचने से पहले कारख़ाने की विधि से तैयार किया गया हो, जैसे processed cheese या processed meat।

  • Processed food often contains extra salt.
  • The factory sells processed cheese.

process + sth (verb) — past participle

The adjective comes from the verb process, meaning to treat raw material or data by a series of steps.

यह adjective verb 'process' से बना है, जिसका अर्थ कच्चे माल या आँकड़ों को चरणों की शृंखला से उपचारित करना है।

  • The mill processes sugar cane into sugar.
  • The bank processed my application in two days.

be processed + into / from

Use into for the final product, and from for the raw material.

तैयार उत्पाद के लिए into और कच्चे माल के लिए from का प्रयोग होता है।

  • Milk is processed into butter.
  • Juice is processed from fresh fruit.

processed vs unprocessed / ultra-processed

Unprocessed means natural and little changed; ultra-processed means heavily changed with additives.

'Unprocessed' का अर्थ प्राकृतिक और बहुत कम बदला हुआ है; 'ultra-processed' का अर्थ योजकों के साथ बहुत अधिक बदला हुआ है।

  • Doctors advise us to eat unprocessed foods.
+Collocations 4

processed + noun

foodmeatcheesesugargrain

  • Processed sugar is white because it is refined.

adverb + processed

highlyheavilylightlyfullyminimally

  • Highly processed snacks contain a lot of oil.

be processed

be processed byquicklylocallydigitally

  • The forms are processed by the office within a week.

processed + industry

food industryfruit juicepackaged goodsdairy

  • The processed food industry is growing in India.
“More examples 5
  • Radhika's mother avoids processed snacks and cooks at home.

राधिका की माँ प्रसंस्कृत नाश्ते से बचती हैं और घर पर खाना बनाती हैं।

  • The farmers' cooperative processes mangoes into pulp.

किसानों की सहकारी संस्था आमों को गूदे में प्रसंस्कृत करती है।

  • Packaged and processed foods have a long shelf life.

पैकेटबंद और प्रसंस्कृत खाद्य पदार्थों की भंडारण-अवधि लंबी होती है।

  • The data was processed by the computer in seconds.

आँकड़ों को कंप्यूटर ने कुछ सेकंड में संसाधित कर दिया।

  • Processed grains lose some of their fibre.

प्रसंस्कृत अनाज अपने रेशे का कुछ भाग खो देते हैं।

!Common mistakes 2

✗ The milk is processed to butter.

✓ The milk is processed into butter.

Use into for the new product made from the material.

सामग्री से बने नए उत्पाद के लिए into का प्रयोग होता है।

✗ She eats too much processed foods.

✓ She eats too much processed food.

Food here is uncountable, so it takes much and no plural s.

यहाँ food uncountable है, इसलिए much आता है और plural s नहीं लगता।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

Processed, refined and packaged describe food but stress different steps.

Processed, refined और packaged खाद्य का वर्णन करते हैं, पर अलग-अलग चरणों पर बल देते हैं।

processed

Changed by a factory method.

कारख़ाने की विधि से बदला हुआ।

  • Processed cheese keeps well.

refined

Made pure by removing unwanted parts.

अवांछित भाग हटाकर शुद्ध किया हुआ।

  • Refined oil is clear.

packaged

Sold in a pack, whether processed or not.

पैक में बेचा गया, चाहे प्रसंस्कृत हो या नहीं।

  • Packaged rice is sold in sacks.
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