perishable Definition
per·ish·able (per′is̸h ə bəl)
adjective
that may perish; esp., liable to spoil or deteriorate, as some foods
noun
something, esp. a food, liable to spoil or deteriorate
perishable Related Forms
per′·ish·abil′·ity noun or per′·ish·able·ness
perishable Usage Examples
Converse of object
- do: He begins by stating that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
- include: While many of the products are fresh in the day-to-day sense, they do not include very short-life perishables or chilled goods.
Adjective modifier
other: Except of course food and other perishables, which are often bad purely as a consequence of being old.
Modifies a noun
- foodstuff: Gender bias in agricultural market liberalization Women usually occupy particular niches in agricultural markets, as small-scale, retail traders in perishable foodstuffs.
- food: Take perishable food; remember your food in the kitchen, too.
- item: The refund will be made less any charge for perishable items once the hamper has been returned, suitably packaged.
- nature: Any article of a perishable nature may be disposed of earlier.
- good: For example, where part of the deceased's estate consists of perishable goods.
- product: Any perishable products should be brought in on Wednesday morning please.
Modifying Another Word
- highly: Land navigation is a skill that is highly perishable.
- not: Because they're not perishable they're transported by sea or land rather than air.
- very: But please remember these presents are very perishable so will not keep very long.
Preposition: than
building: Is it because people in a social landscape are more perishable than buildings or rivers?
Browse dictionary entries near perishable
- ‹ perish
- ‹ periscopic
- ‹ periscope
- ‹ perisarc
- ‹ perique
- ‹ periphyton
- ‹ periphrastic
- ‹ periphrasis
- ‹ periphery
- ‹ Peripherals
- perissodactyl ›
- peristalsis ›
- peristome ›
- peristyle ›
- perithecium ›
- peritoneum ›
- peritonitis ›
- peritrichous ›
- peritus ›
- periwig ›

