Definition of Decayable

1. Adjective. Liable to decay or spoil or become putrid.

Exact synonyms: Putrefiable, Putrescible, Spoilable
Similar to: Perishable

Definition of Decayable

1. Adjective. Capable of decaying; perishable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Decayable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decayable

decatetraenes
decathlete
decathletes
decathlon
decathlons
decatoic
decatriene
decatrienes
decavanadate
decavanadates
decay
decay accelerating factor
decay constant
decay modes
decay theory
decayable (current term)
decayed
decayedness
decayer
decayers
decayeth
decaying
decayless
decays
deccagynous
deccan hemp
deccapodous
deccie
deccies
decease

Literary usage of Decayable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Martha Joanna Lamb (1880)
"... that directly upon the top of the wall in different places are the stumps of white oak—one of the toughest and least decayable of our forest trees. ..."

2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"WHITE WAND. V. WAND OF PEACE. WHITE-WOOD, s. The white and more decayable wood on the outside of a tree, ..."

3. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1852)
"Here, indeed, is no tomb or monumental marble ; but in the absence of all such decayable matter, God's sun shines perennially on the spot, and every evening ..."

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