winterize

1. (transitive) To prepare (something) for winter weather.Examples: "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."Antonyms: summerizetransitive

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