Perishable
['perɪʃəb(ə)l] or ['pɛrɪʃəbl]
Definition
(noun.) food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated.
(adj.) liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay; 'this minute and perishable planet'; 'perishable foods such as butter and fruit' .
Inputed by Elsa--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Liable to perish; subject to decay, destruction, or death; as, perishable goods; our perishable bodies.
Edited by Arnold
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Destructible, decaying, liable to decay.[2]. Dying, mortal.
Checked by Erwin
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Frail, evanescent, fragile, destructible, fleeting, transient, ephemeral,impermanent
ANT:Enduring, lasting, indestructible, imperishable, persistent, perpetual,permanent, Permanent,[See PERISHABLE]
Checker: Lowell
Examples
- It may also be used for transporting troops past danger points, and for transporting explosives or other perishable material which might be damaged by fire from the ends. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The greater part of goods, besides, are more perishable than money, and he may frequently sustain a much greater loss by keeping them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- When standing before certain men the philosopher regrets that thinkers are but perishable tissue, the artist that perishable tissue has to think. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I look on them as things rootless and perishable; their likeness to life makes me sad. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- One important and characteristic feature of the present age is the conservation of waste in perishable foodstuffs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I might add, how young I looked, if I were capable of dwelling on the concerns of my own perishable body. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But of all the productions of land, milk is perhaps the most perishable. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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