perishable
subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
Usually perishables. something perishable, especially food.
Origin of perishable
1Other words from perishable
- per·ish·a·bil·i·ty, per·ish·a·ble·ness, noun
- per·ish·a·bly, adverb
- un·per·ish·a·ble, adjective
Words Nearby perishable
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How to use perishable in a sentence
Some ingredients have a shelf life of up to six months, while perishables, like produce, dairy and eggs, are delivered daily.
The child’s head was placed gently on some kind of perishable support, a pillow in readiness for the long sleep.
A Cave Site in Kenya’s Forests Reveals the Oldest Human Burial in Africa | Alison Crowther | May 28, 2021 | Singularity HubAccording to the Singapore Food Agency, these three types of goods are commonly consumed but are perishable and more susceptible to supply disruptions.
Three ways Singapore is designing urban farms to create food security | Clarisa Diaz | March 31, 2021 | QuartzIf you’re going to go with a perishable lunch, it’s better to refrigerate it first.
The ban, which also applies to Eurotunnel’s truck shuttles, threatens to disrupt just-in-time supply chains and to create shortages of some foods and perishable goods.
Amazon Subscribe & Save lets you “subscribe” to most of the non-perishable items that Amazon has in stock.
3 Easy Ways To Make Fresh, Healthy Food A Regular Part Of Your Life | Ari Meisel | December 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIncreased military action increases the demand for these perishable products.
Shares of defense contractors rise as Syria tensions mount | Sarah Langs | August 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTCapitalism is most concerned with food not being perishable, being shelf-stable.
It’s the End of the World Unless We All Start Cooking | Rachel Khong | April 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTVast quantities of perishable goods are carried, but usually under definite regulations and contracts.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesAll through schooltime the mowing-machine hummed its low harmony of perishable minutes and wasted sunlight.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieNot being perishable none are lost in shipping or by keeping.
Walnut Growing in Oregon | VariousIt seems to me that objects of that description are a trifle too perishable.
Paul Patoff | F. Marion CrawfordOur religion then was given by God: and can God give a perishable imperfect religion?
Aids to Reflection | Samuel Taylor Coleridge
British Dictionary definitions for perishable
/ (ˈpɛrɪʃəbəl) /
liable to rot or wither
(often plural) a perishable article, esp food
Derived forms of perishable
- perishability or perishableness, noun
- perishably, adverb
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