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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 destructionplay

  Familiarity information: PERISHABLENESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PERISHABLENESS (noun)


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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