Meaning

3 senses
  1. The length of time a product (especially food and drugs) will last without deteriorating or without being sold.

    Lagerfähigkeit, Lagerbeständigkeit, Haltbarkeit

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

  2. The maximum time a packaged material can be stored under specific conditions and still meet the performance requirements specified.

  3. (figuratively)The length of time that something is popular or fashionable.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. At least cereal has a long shelf life.

  2. Often, by the time the vegetable reaches us here in New York, it's heading towards the end of its shelf life.

Translations

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By meaning 1
the length of time a product will last without deteriorating:

Origin

From shelf + life.

From shelf + life.

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