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Definition of Perishable
1. Adjective. Liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay. "Perishable foods such as butter and fruit"
Similar to: Biodegradable, Decayable, Putrefiable, Putrescible, Spoilable
Antonyms: Imperishable
Derivative terms: Perishability, Perishableness
2. Noun. Food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated.
Definition of Perishable
1. a. Liable to perish; subject to decay, destruction, or death; as, perishable goods; our perishable bodies.
Definition of Perishable
1. Noun. That which perishes or is short-lived. ¹
2. Noun. (in the plural) food that does not keep for long. ¹
3. Adjective. Liable to perish, especially naturally subject to quick decomposition or decay. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perishable
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perishable
Literary usage of Perishable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"To render property perishable, it Is essential that It shall appear to be inherently
... Property is not to be regarded as perishable merely because It will ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"No exception to the rule arises because of the perishable nature of the goods.
... When the goods are perishable, the carrier should exercise care in view ..."
3. New Probate Law and Practice, with Annotations and Forms: For Use in Alaska by William Smithers Church (1909)
"perishable and depreciating property to be sold. § 490. Form. Petition for order
to sell perishable and other personal property likely to depreciate in ..."
4. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1909)
"MARKETING perishable PRODUCTS IN SAN FRANCISCO. BY EDWARD P. ADAMS. In requesting
me to prepare an address for this occasion Commissioner Jeffery wrote me ..."
5. Bulletin by United States Weather Bureau (1895)
"The goods claimed as perishable, and for which protection from excessive heat or
cold ... In the transportation of perishable freight there are three primal ..."
6. The Works of Aristotleby Aristotle by Aristotle (1908)
"CHAPTER X Since contraries are other in form, and the perishable and the imperishable
are contraries (for privation is a determinate ..."
7. A Treatise on the Effect of the Contract of Sale on the Legal Rights of by Colin Blackburn Blackburn (1910)
"It is admitted " that perishable articles may be resold. It is difficult to say "
what may be considered as perishable articles, and what " not; ..."
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