shelf life
noun
the term or period during which a stored commodity remains effective, useful, or suitable for consumption: Many medicines have a very short shelf life.
Also called
storage life.
Origin of shelf life
First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby shelf life
shelepin,
shelf,
shelf angle,
shelf fungus,
shelf ice,
shelf life,
shelf mark,
shelf paper,
shelf talker,
shelf-stacker,
shelfful
Example sentences from the Web for shelf life
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British Dictionary definitions for shelf life
shelf life
noun
the length of time a packaged food, chemical, etc, will last without deteriorating