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spoilage

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of spoilage

the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances

  • in the days before refrigeration, spoilage was a constant problem
Synonyms of spoilage

breakdown, corruption, decay, decomposition, festering, putrefaction, putrescence, rot
Words Related to spoilage

crumbling, disintegration, dissolution

curdling, fermentation, moldering, souring
Near Antonyms of spoilage

growth, maturation, ripening

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