perishable.

Likely to spoil, decay, or lose usable quality, especially unless stored properly.

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Words that belong together

• perishable food
• perishable goods

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The perishable supplies were unloaded before the tools.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more perishable; superlative most perishable when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.