putrescible.

Capable of undergoing putrefaction or decomposition.

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Words that belong together

• putrescible waste
• putrescible material

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They separated the putrescible waste before sealing the chamber.

The odor came from putrescible material trapped beneath the floor.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Capacity adjective; comparative and superlative normally not used. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.