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spoilage
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Behind the scenes, cinema chains enjoy the economies of centralised purchasing and have utilised computers to track inventory and prevent spoilage . ▪ Food product quality is more easily maintained thereby reducing spoilage losses ...
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. the amount that has spoiled the process of becoming spoiled [syn: spoiling ] the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate" [syn: spoil , spoiling ]
Usage examples of spoilage.
It reduces spoilage and breakage, and lets us transport goods to market cheaply, using less fuel.
Spells against spoilage, against rot, and against the destruction of any of the myriad containers of the grain, for since it had all been brought from the farms or from Selken ships, it came stored in sacks and barrels, some as milled flour, some as whole grains.
The refrigerator was a disaster—ten days' worth of congealment and spoilage.
Crossing the Whiteridge and the scatter of mining and manufacturing settlements along it, past the huge, man-made heaps of spoilage from the gold mines.
Their blood was a vile carrion fluid, their bones were black sticks mortaring a spoilage of poisons and stringy meat.