spoilage

Examples

• All

• The combined treatments also prevented the growth of spoilage microorganisms for 2 months.

  Academic text (2005)

• So it excludes oxygen, which then knocks out a whole category of spoilage microbes like molds.

  StarTalk

• The heat also protected against spoilage organisms.

  Academic text (1998)

• Instead of shipping our produce to Key West and losing half of it to spoilage, we would sell directly to E. J. Watson.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Check refrigerated food for spoilage, and if in doubt, throw it out.

  Blog text (7)

• The subsequent trip through the cooling tank helps prevent spoilage.

  Academic text (2004)

• The late delivery of fruit and vegetables contributed to spoilage problems and shortages of fresh fruit and vegetable snacks at distribution time.

  Academic text (2011)

• Moreover, both pathogenic and spoilage bacteria were unable to grow on the inoculated cheese slices.

  Academic text (2008)

• The main concern in food storage is spoilage, which can occur due to improper temperature control.

• Farmers often face significant losses from spoilage during transport if the crops are not handled properly.

Synonyms

S

spoiling

vsspoilage

1 4.1

The process of food becoming rotten or unsafe to eat

also covers the final ruined state rather than just the process

Antonyms

P

preservation

90 3.8

Keeping things safe and in good condition, for example food or buildings

F

freshness

15 1.0

The state of being new and clean, not stale or spoiled

How Spoiled

rotting

3 3.4

to decay

37 4.4

spoilage

3 4.2

deterioration

43 5.9

to damage

885 1.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology