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# perishable

adjective (perishable, more perishable); noun (perishables — plural)

«perishable» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Perishable food goes bad or rotten quickly, like milk, meat and fruit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perishable/#m1)
2. (noun, plural) Perishables are foods or goods that go off quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perishable/#m2)
3. Something that can decay or die is perishable, and does not last for ever, like living bodies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perishable/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and food safety lessons it tells pupils to keep such food in the fridge and check the use-by date. In everyday life shops and lunch boxes keep perishables cool. Phrases: perishable food, perishable goods, keep perishables chilled.

### Examples

- Milk is perishable, so keep it in the fridge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perishable/#x1)
- Perishable food needs a cool place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perishable/#x2)
- Tinned beans are not perishable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perishable/#x3)
- The lorry carried perishable goods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perishable/#x4)
- Put the perishables in the cool bag. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perishable/#x5)
- Strawberries are very perishable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perishable/#x6)
- Throw away perishable food after its use-by date. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perishable/#x7)

### Note

From the verb «perish» (to die or rot). Spelling ends in «-able». Opposite: non-perishable (rice, tins, dried pasta). As a noun it is nearly always plural: perishables.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «perishable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perishable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«perishable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/perishable.html) on Mova free.