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单词 putrescence
释义

putrescence

noun

pu·​tres·​cence pyü-ˈtre-sᵊn(t)s How to pronounce putrescence (audio)
: the state of being putrescent

Synonyms

  • breakdown
  • corruption
  • decay
  • decomposition
  • festering
  • putrefaction
  • rot
  • spoilage
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Example Sentences

in the far corner of the walk-in refrigerator was a crate of cucumbers in an advanced stage of putrescence
Recent Examples on the Web There was no evidence to suggest the existence of four receptor classes, rather than three, or five, or ten; nor was there any serious reason to believe that acidity and goatiness—but not, say, florality or putrescence—were fundamentals of odor. Scott Sayare, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021 In various states of putrescence—worms wriggling, entrails dangling—cadavers rise from their graves to join the Dance of Death. Felipe Fernández-armesto, WSJ, 24 Apr. 2020 At the opposite end of spring's floral awakening lingers the rot of deciduous fall: the putrescence of stranded, spent salmon; the sweet stench of walrus or whale melting on Nome's driftwood beaches. Michael Engelhard, Alaska Dispatch News, 1 July 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined above

putrescence

noun

as in decomposition
the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances in the far corner of the walk-in refrigerator was a crate of cucumbers in an advanced stage of putrescence

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • decomposition
  • decay
  • putrefaction
  • rot
  • fermentation
  • spoilage
  • festering
  • corruption
  • disintegration
  • crumbling
  • breakdown
  • dissolution
  • moldering
  • curdling
  • souring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • growth
  • ripening
  • maturation
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