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PERISHABLENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does perishableness mean?
• PERISHABLENESS (noun)
The noun PERISHABLENESS has 1 sense:
1. unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being subject to decay or spoilage or destruction
Familiarity information: PERISHABLENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being subject to decay or spoilage or destruction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
perishability; perishableness
Hypernyms ("perishableness" is a kind of...):
unsatisfactoriness (the quality of being inadequate or unsuitable)
Derivation:
perishable (liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay)
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