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Definition: Perishable |
PerishableAdjective1. Liable to perish; subject destruction or death or decay; "this minute and perishable planet"; perishable foods such as butter and fruit". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "perishable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Antonym: imperishable (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Transientness | Temporal, temporary; provisional, provisory; deciduous; perishable, mortal, precarious, unstable, insecure; impermanent. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Perishable |
| English words defined with "perishable": Bona peritura ♦ Caduke ♦ imperishable ♦ Perishableness, Perishably, Preservatory. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "perishable": administration ad colligenda bona, administration ad colligenda bona defuncti, administration ad colligendum, administration ad colligendum bona defuncti, attendant, coin-operated laundry, attendant, laundry-and-dry-cleaning service ♦ Brie cheese ♦ car ice-bunker filler, CAR ICER, combat information ♦ icer, air conditioning ♦ Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1930, Perishable commodities, Perishable Freight, perishable goods, perishable item, PERISHABLE-FREIGHT INSPECTOR, PLANT PATHOLOGIST, Pre-cooling ♦ refrigerator-car icer ♦ Section 32, SELF-SERVICE-LAUNDRY-AND-DRY-CLEANING ATTENDANT, slow goods, SUPERINTENDENT, COLD STORAGE ♦ Thatch ♦ washateria attendant. (references) |
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John Randolph | Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions. |
Ovid | Why should I go into details, we have nothing that is not perishable except what our hearts and our intellects endows us with. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
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John Locke | 1690 | And thus came in the use of money, some lasting thing that men might keep without spoiling, and that by mutual consent men would take in exchange for the truly useful, but perishable supports of life. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | In particular, the transport of perishable goods shall be promptly and regularly carried out, and the customs formalities shall be effected in such a way as to allow the goods to be carried straight through by trains which make connection. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Do not bring perishable seafood back to the United States. (references) | |
Economic History | India | Improvements in packaging technology has also had a significant influence on the models of distribution adopted by companies in India for marketing perishable and processed food items. (references) |
Chile | Refrigeration for small trucks and light pick-ups is an attractive niche to supply growing distribution networks for perishable goods. (references) | |
India | India's annual loss of perishable products is estimated at more than US $ 4 billion. (references) | |
Political Economy | KUWAIT | For perishable imports arriving via air, land or sea, customs clearance is prompt. (references) |
KUWAIT | Recurring perishable imports can be cleared and taken to the importer's premises after a sample has been submitted to the municipality for quality testing. (references) | |
Trade | Kuwait | American exporters of perishable goods are advised to appoint their own quality surveyors in Kuwait to protect their rights. (references) |
Travel | Portugal | Food supplies are plentiful although there are seasonal variations in prices for perishable items. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Perishable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 96.81% of the time. "Perishable" is used about 94 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 96.81% | 91 | 34,491 |
| Noun (common) | 3.19% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 94 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "perishable": perishable cargo ♦ perishable glory ♦ perishable goods ♦ perishable item. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "perishable": non-perishable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
perishable theater | 11 |
non perishable food | 8 |
act agricultural commodity perishable | 8 |
perishable | 5 |
perishable food | 3 |
perishable tooling | 2 |
perishable record | 2 |
commodity perishable transportation | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "perishable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | bederflik, bederfbaar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | që prishet, i prishshëm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فسد بسرعة, فان, هالك (gone, stale), قابل للفساد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | краткотраен (deciduous, ephemeral, fleeting, fugacious, momentary, rapid, short, transitory, unabiding), нетраен (adjective, corruptible, infirm, passing, spoilable, weak), подлежащ на разваляне, подлежащ на загниване. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "腐烂. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pomíjivý (passing, transient), pomíjející (ephemeral, transitory), podléhající rychlé zkáze, spìjící k zániku. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Traktat om international transport af letfordaervelige levnedsmidler og om det specielle materiel som skal bruges til saadan transport (agreement on the international carriage of perishable foodstuffs and on the special equipment ot be used for such carriages), tog for letfordærvelige varer (fruit train, perishable train), opbevaring af letfordærvelige produkter (perishable product storage), letfordaervelige varer (perishable goods), letfordaervelige levnedsmidler (perishable goods), letfordærvelige varer (perishable goods), let fordaerveligt gods (perishable cargoes), lager for letfordærvelige produkter (perishable product storage), frisk frugt og grønt tog (fruit train, perishable train), forbrugsvarer (consumer attitude, consumer behavior, consumer behaviour, consumer nondurable goods, consumers'behavior, consumers'behaviour, expendable goods, non-durable goods, perishable goods, perishables, user behaviour), ATP (adenosine 5'-triphosphate, adenosine triphosphate, agreement on the international carriage of perishable foodstuffs and on the special equipment ot be used for such carriages), arbejdsgruppen vedrørende standardisering af letfordærvelige levnedsmidler (Working Party on Standardization of Perishable Foodstuffs). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bederfelijk, bederfelýk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | putrema. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | هلاک شدنی , نابودشدنی , کالای فاسدشونده , زودگذر (Ephemeral, Fleet, Frail, Glancing, Glint, Light, Memnetary, Shadowy, Temporary, Transient, Transitory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | katoavainen (transitory), katoava (transitory), helposti pilaantuva. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | périssable. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vergänglich (evanescent, fading, fleeting, frail, transient, transitory), verderblich (baleful, balefully, baneful, banefully, corrupting, malign, noxious, pernicious, perniciously, perversive, ruinous, unwholesome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φθαρτόσ (destructible, ruinable, spoilable, wearable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מתקלקל, אבי" (expandable, loseble), אב" (be lost, lost). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | romlandó (corruptible). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | mudah busuk, fani, dapat busuk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | perituro, deteriorabile, deperibile. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 割れ"い (brittle, easily cracked, fragile). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | われやすい (brittle, easily cracked, fragile). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 썩기 쉬운. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shymlagh (languorous), fioghagh (withering), cherraghtagh (temporal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erishablepay perecível, ser destruído (do harm), que pode perecer, que pode deteriorar-se, efêmero (deciduous, dram, ephemeral, fleeting, frail, fuggy, momentary, perishing, transient, transitory), de curta duração (short lived, transient), alterável (alterable, ambulatory, modification). (various references) perisabil, netrainic, mãrfuri perisable, alterabil (alterable, changeable). (various references) скоропортящийся. (various references) prolazan (brief, caducous, evanescent, fleeting, fly-by-night, fugacious, momentary, negotiable, passable, passing, pervious, temporary, transient, transitory), kvarljiv. (various references) perecedero (transient), efímero (ephemeral, fleeting, short lived). (various references) förgänglig (caducous, corruptible, evanescent, mortal, transient), ömtålig (breakable, damageable, delicate, fragile, frail, sensitive, weak). (various references) kolay bozulan, çabuk çürüyen. (various references) тлінний (frail), швидкопсувний (wasty). (various references) có thể bị héo rụi dễ thối, có thể bị diệt vong; có thể chết có thể bị t n lụi. (various references) darfodedig (transient), colladwy. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | corruptibile, corruptibilem, corruptibili, corruptibilibus, corruptibilis, corruptibilium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "perishable": perishables. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "perishable": imperishable, nonperishable. (additional references) | |
Words containing "perishable": imperishableness, imperishablenesses, imperishables, nonperishables. (additional references) | |
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"Perishable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: parishable, permisable. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "perishable" (pronounced pe"rishubul) |
| 6 | -i sh u b u l | indistinguishable, punishable. |
| 5 | -sh u b u l | appreciable, depreciable, distinguishable, insatiable, negotiable, sociable, washable. |
| 4 | -u b u l | abominable, acceptable, accessible, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, burnable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, culpable, curable, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, digestible, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enforceable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immiscible, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, perceptible, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, questionable, quotable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, sizable, sizeable, soluble, solvable, spendable, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, tunable, typeable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, wearable, winnable, workable. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-h-i-l-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: shapelier. | |
-2 letters: earlship, espalier, harelips, hireable, pharisee, plashier. | |
-3 letters: aperies, bailees, bailers, bearish, beleaps, beliers, hailers, harelip, harpies, healers, helpers, herbals, hirable, hirples, leapers, plasher, pleaser, presale, realise, relapse, repeals, replies, reshape, shalier, sharpie, spheral, spieler. | |
-4 letters: abeles, abseil, aeries, alephs, ariels, ashier, ashler, asleep, aspire, bailee, bailer, balers, basher, beleap, belier, belies, birles. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-h-i-l-p-r-s" | |
+1 letter: perishables. | |
+2 letters: imperishable, preestablish. | |
+3 letters: alphabetizers, apprehensible, apprehensibly, imperishables, nonperishable, replenishable. | |
+4 letters: nonperishables, phlebographies, preestablished, preestablishes. | |
+5 letters: bibliotherapies, brachycephalies, hypermetabolism, perishabilities, preestablishing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 72 69 73 68 61 62 6C 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . .-. .. ... .... .- -... .-.. . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01110010 01101001 01110011 01101000 01100001 01100010 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e r i s h a b l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 0072 0069 0073 0068 0061 0062 006C 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50718475857467687871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Quotations: Historic 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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