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perishable

adj

Etymology

From Middle English *persishable, perysabyl, equivalent to perish + -able. Compare Old French perissable (and modern French périssable).

  1. inherited from *persishable✻

Definitions

  1. Liable to perish, especially naturally subject to quick decomposition or decay.

    • perishable goods
    • perishable foodstuffs

  2. That which perishes or is short-lived.

  3. Food that does not keep for long.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for perishable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA