perishable
part of speech
adjective (perishable, more perishable); noun (perishables — plural)
meaning for a pupil
1) Perishable food goes bad or rotten quickly, like milk, meat and fruit. tree →
2) (noun, plural) Perishables are foods or goods that go off quickly. tree →
3) Something that can decay or die is perishable, and does not last for ever, like living bodies. tree →
sense 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 →
- Perishable food needs a cool place. tree →
- Tinned beans are not perishable. tree →
- The lorry carried perishable goods. tree →
- Put the perishables in the cool bag. tree →
- Strawberries are very perishable. tree →
- Throw away perishable food after its use-by date. tree →
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.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «perishable» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.