shelf life

Noun

Meaning

the length of time a packaged food or drug will last without deteriorating

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

lifetime endurance durability longevity length of life shelflike expiration date life span calendar time expiry date best before date storage life service life term of validity conservation period

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Antonyms

death end frailty lifelessness delicate condition brief time

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Hypernyms

period period of time time period

Examples

Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana. Bill Gates

There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life. Frank Zappa

If it has a shelf life longer than you, don't eat it. Kris Carr

Potential has a shelf life. Margaret Atwood

Fortunately, power has a shelf life. When the time comes, maybe this mighty empire will, like others before it, overreach itself and implode from within. It looks as though structural cracks have already appeared... America's corporate heart is hemorrhaging. Arundhati Roy

You can't hoard fun. It has no shelf life. Hunter S. Thompson

Close letter words and terms

shelf company shelf fungus shelf ice shelf mark shelf unit shelf-filler