shelf life
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shelf life
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From shelf + life.
noun shelf lives · shelflife
- The length of time a product (especially food and drugs) will last without deteriorating or without being sold.
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The maximum time a packaged material can be stored under specific conditions and still meet the performance requirements specified.
Similar: storage life
- The length of time that something is popular or fashionable. As earnest and heartfelt as Maynard's plea for the end of Harambe image macros is, his best course of action is probably just to wait a few more weeks until the joke has dried up. Harambe may have a better shelf life than Damn Daniel or whatever, but there's no way its got the legs of "Smooth."
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noun the length of time a product will last without deteriorating
| Español | vigencia, duración, vida almacenable |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 유통기한 yutonggihan, 유통기간 yutonggigan |
| 日本語 | 賞味期限 shoumikigen |
| 中文 | 有效期 yǒuxiàoqī, 保質期 /保质期 bǎozhìqī, 貨架期 /货架期 huòjiàqī |
| Português | validade, duração |
| Français | durée de vie |
| Deutsch | Lagerfähigkeit, Lagerbeständigkeit, Haltbarkeit |
| Italiano | durata, conservazione |
| Tiếng Việt | hạn sử dụng |
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title = {shelf life},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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