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LONG-LIFE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does long-life mean?
• LONG-LIFE (adjective)
The adjective LONG-LIFE has 1 sense:
1. (of perishable goods) treated to stay fresh longer than usual
Familiarity information: LONG-LIFE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of perishable goods) treated to stay fresh longer than usual
Context example:
long-life milk
Similar:
long (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified)
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