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antiripening

antiripening adjective: preventing ripening.

Adjective

antiripening (not comparable)

  1. Preventing ripening.
    • This antiripening agent that keeps apples hard long enough to survive long-distance travel was denounced for its alleged carcinogenic effects.1994, Richard J. Barnet, John Cavanagh, Global dreams: imperial corporations and the new world order

Origin of antiripening

From anti- + ripening.

Questions about antiripening

What does antiripening mean?
Antiripening means preventing ripening.
What part of speech is antiripening?
Antiripening is an adjective.

Words near antiripening in the dictionary

  1. antirightists
  2. antirights
  3. Antirio
  4. Antirion
  5. antiriot
  6. antiripening
  7. antirise
  8. antirishon
  9. antirishons
  10. antiritual
  11. antiritualism

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