putrefaction

putrefaction

noun

Definition of PUTREFACTION

the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances <clearing the refrigerator of what the previous tenant had left behind was like taking a course in the advanced putrefaction of leftovers>

Synonyms breakdown, decay, decomposition, festering, putrefaction, putrescence, rot, spoilage

Related Words crumbling, disintegration, dissolution; curdling, fermentation, moldering, souring

Near Antonyms growth, maturation, ripening