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   perishable

   /ˈpɛrɪʃəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of food) likely to decay or go bad quickly: "the storage of perishable foods"
   • ▪ (of something abstract) having a brief life or significance; transitory: "ballet is the most perishable of arts"

   noun

   • 1. things, especially foodstuffs, likely to decay or go bad quickly: "the shipment was delivered eventually though some of the perishables had gone off"

   Derivatives

   • 1. perishability noun
   • 2. perishableness noun

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