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PUTREFIABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does putrefiable mean?
• PUTREFIABLE (adjective)
The adjective PUTREFIABLE has 1 sense:
1. liable to decay or spoil or become putrid
Familiarity information: PUTREFIABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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