unperishable

English

Etymology

un- +‎ perishable

Adjective

unperishable (comparative more unperishable, superlative most unperishable)

1. Not perishable.
   • 1891, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3‎^[1]:

     This venerable Person is represented looking forward as it were from the Verge of extreme Old Age, into a future State, and rising into a Contemplation on the unperishable Part of his Nature, and its Existence after Death.

   • 1912, Charles E Young, Dangers of the Trail in 1865‎^[2]:

     The perishable goods were placed in the large warehouses but the unperishable were covered with tarpaulin and left where unloaded.

Noun

unperishable (plural unperishables)

1. A food or other substance that is not perishable.