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SPOILABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spoilable mean?
• SPOILABLE (noun)
The noun SPOILABLE has 1 sense:
1. food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated
Familiarity information: SPOILABLE used as a noun is very rare.
• SPOILABLE (adjective)
The adjective SPOILABLE has 1 sense:
1. liable to decay or spoil or become putrid
Familiarity information: SPOILABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
perishable; spoilable
Hypernyms ("spoilable" is a kind of...):
food product; foodstuff (a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Liable to decay or spoil or become putrid
Synonyms:
decayable; putrefiable; putrescible; spoilable
Similar:
perishable (liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay)
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