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day-old

day-old

13 3.7
Made the day before and not fresh today
  • adjective
  • /ˈdeɪˌoʊld/
translation icon : del día anterior
  • You can save money by purchasing day-old pastries instead of fresh ones.
  • a day-old chick
  • day-old chick weight
  • day-old birds

Examples

  • Breakfast is instant and cold: cornflakes and day-old crullers.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Some day old bread, Some day old bread in there and some gruyere.

  • We have here fresh rice, and on the other side we have day old rice.

  • You can buy two thousand day-old chicks in September or October.

    Academic text (2007)

  • We would eat together in companionable silence, hot soup made the previous day and day-old bread toasted over the coals.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • I went to the grocery and bought what I could: a carrot, an onion, celery, and a day-old loaf of bread.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • A number of quail hatcheries were set in Karachi and Lahore, producing a substantial number of day-old quail chicks for supply to the farmers.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The bakery sells day-old bread at a discounted price.

  • She made a delicious sandwich using some day-old bagels.

Synonyms

stale
vsday-old
54 1.1

No longer fresh and pleasant to eat

is about items made the previous day rather than general age or air exposure

Antonyms

new
∞ 1.0

Recently made or found and not seen before

fresh
778 1.0

Recently made or gathered food that is not spoiled

How Fresh

fresh
778 1.0
day-old
13 3.7
stale
54 1.1
moldy
  • US
29 2.1

Surface Forms

day-old positive

Morphology

day-old = day + old (transparent) = day + old

The meaning 'made the previous day' is directly derived from the compound 'day' + 'old' (i.e., 'one day old').

Etymology

Day-old is a simple mix of day and old, literally meaning 'one day old' or made the day before. So, day-old food is something prepared yesterday and is not fresh today.