putrescible

1. 1.

   liable to decay or spoil or become putrid

   Synonymsdecayableputrefiablespoilable

   Similarperishable

Questions about putrescible

What does putrescible mean?

putrescible means "liable to decay or spoil or become putrid".

How many syllables are in putrescible?

putrescible has 4 syllables: pu-tre-sci-ble. The stress falls on "tre".

What is another word for putrescible?

Close synonyms include decayable, putrefiable, spoilable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is putrescible a common word?

putrescible is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.