Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of or liable to decay.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective susceptible to decay.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Capable of decaying; perishable.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective liable to decay or spoil or become putrid

Etymologies

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decay +‎ -able

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Examples

  • The company they had provided was worth far more to it than a few bits of decayable plant or animal matter.

    Carnivores of Light and Darkness Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000

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