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the process in which food or other substances stop being good enough to eat or use, or the waste produced in this process: The refrigerator air purifier reduces food spoilage and waste. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Decaying and staying fresh.
spoilage. noun. spoil· age ˈspȯi-lij. Synonyms of spoilage. 1. : the act or process of spoiling. especially : the process of decay in foodstuffs. 2. : something spoiled or wasted. 3. : loss by spoilage. Synonyms. breakdown. corruption. decay. decomposition. festering. putrefaction. putrescence. rot. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
iReady - Suffix -age. the decay of foodstuffs due to the action of bacteria; rotting: He was concerned about the spoilage of fruit on the way to market. (Le preocupaba el deterioro de la fruta en el camino al mercado.)
SPOILAGE definition: 1. the process in which food or other substances stop being good enough to eat or use, or the waste…. Learn more.
Food spoilage is the process where a food product becomes unsuitable to ingest by the consumer. The cause of such a process is due to many outside factors as a side-effect of the type of product it is, as well as how the product is packaged and stored.
noun the act of spoiling or the state of being spoiled. material or the amount of material that is spoiled or wasted: The spoilage in today's shipment is much too great. the decay of foodstuffs due to the action of bacteria; rotting: He was concerned about the spoilage of fruit on the way to market. spoilage / ˈspɔɪlɪdʒ /
Definition of spoilage noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
