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noun

the term or period during which a stored commodity remains effective, useful, or suitable for consumption: Many medicines have a very short shelf life.

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Nearby words

  1. shelepin,
  2. shelf,
  3. shelf angle,
  4. shelf fungus,
  5. shelf ice,
  6. shelf mark,
  7. shelf paper,
  8. shelf talker,
  9. shelf-stacker,
  10. shelfful

Origin of shelf life

First recorded in 1925–30
Also called storage life.
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British Dictionary definitions for shelf life

shelf life

noun

the length of time a packaged food, chemical, etc, will last without deteriorating
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