Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being spoiled.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being spoiled.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Liable to
spoil or go bad.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated
- adjective liable to decay or spoil or become putrid
Etymologies
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Examples
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The children worshipped him; and if he had been spoilable, my wife would surely have been his undoing.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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The children worshipped him; and if he had been spoilable, my wife would surely have been his undoing.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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The children worshiped him, and if he had been spoilable my wife would surely have been his undoing.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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Safeway and Vons spokesperson Teena Massingill acknowledged concerns about liability as a reason why meats and other spoilable items aren't donated.
Food To Waste 2010
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I'm very skeptical that there's much to be gained by relying on spoilable twists or revelations for any kind of narrative punch.
Archive 2009-08-16 2009
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I've had my present one for 6 years, it is ugly and black, but I have been careful not to get any spoilable food on it.
Toast: Lindy 2006
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I've had my present one for 6 years, it is ugly and black, but I have been careful not to get any spoilable food on it.
Royal Crown Tortano: Part I Lindy 2006
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Smallville: spoilers, although this show sucks too much to really be spoilable
Why I'm agnostic (short version) yendi 2003
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He was proud of her beauty and what he called her 'lurning,' and, more or less grumblingly, petted her a good deal, and would have spoiled her had she been of spoilable material.
Julia And Her Romeo: A Chronicle Of Castle Barfield From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray David Christie Murray
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Ice-storage pits held dairy products, meats, and other spoilable foods as well as ice.
New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America J. Paul Hudson
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