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Definition of Decayable
1. Adjective. Liable to decay or spoil or become putrid.
Definition of Decayable
1. Adjective. Capable of decaying; perishable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decayable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decayable
Literary usage of Decayable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Martha Joanna Lamb (1880)
"... that directly upon the top of the wall in different places are the stumps of
white oak—one of the toughest and least decayable of our forest trees. ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"WHITE WAND. V. WAND OF PEACE. WHITE-WOOD, s. The white and more decayable wood
on the outside of a tree, ..."
3. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1852)
"Here, indeed, is no tomb or monumental marble ; but in the absence of all such
decayable matter, God's sun shines perennially on the spot, and every evening ..."
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