Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unperishable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-per-ish-able
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not perishable.

noun

A food or other substance that is not perishable.

Example Sentences

"This venerable Person is represented looking forward as it were from the Verge of extreme Old Age, into a future State, and rising into a Contemplation on the unperishable Part of his Nature, and its Existence after Death."
"The perishable goods were placed in the large warehouses but the unperishable were covered with tarpaulin and left where unloaded."

Etymology

From un- + perishable.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

more unperishable (comparative) most unperishable (superlative) unperishables (plural)

Derived Forms

unperishableness unperishably

Frequently Paired Words

semiperishable

Synonyms

nonperishable

Questions

What does unperishable mean?: Not perishable.
Where does unperishable come from?: From un- + perishable.

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