SELL-BY DATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sell-by date mean? 

• SELL-BY DATE (noun)
  The noun SELL-BY DATE has 1 sense:

1. a date stamped on perishable produce indicating the date by which it should be sold

  Familiarity information: SELL-BY DATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELL-BY DATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A date stamped on perishable produce indicating the date by which it should be sold

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("sell-by date" is a kind of...):

date (a particular day specified as the time something happens)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)