shelf life

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [shelf lahyf]
- /ʃɛlf laɪf/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [shelf lahyf]
- /ʃɛlf laɪf/

Definitions of shelf life words

noun shelf life the term or period during which a stored commodity remains effective, useful, or suitable for consumption: Many medicines have a very short shelf life. 1
noun shelf life length of time sth can be stored 1
noun shelf life duration that food is fit to eat 1
noun shelf life duration that sth is useful 1
countable noun shelf life The shelf life of a product, especially food, is the length of time that it can be kept in a shop or at home before it becomes too old to sell or use. 0
noun shelf life the length of time a packaged food, chemical, etc, will last without deteriorating 0

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Origin of shelf life

First appearance:

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

First recorded in 1925-30

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Parts of speech for Shelf life

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Shelf life

shelf life popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 52% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

shelf life usage trend in Literature

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