food products that are likely to decay if they are not kept in the proper conditions:
• The movement of perishables from Northern Ireland is another area of big business for the airline.
— perishable adjective :
• cold stores for perishable food
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perishables [plural]
► food products that decay quickly: »
Perishables account for more than 50% of supermarket sales.
Main Entry: ↑perishable
Financial and business terms. 2012.