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Meaning of "best-before date" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BEST-BEFORE DATE

best-before date  [ˌbestbɪˈfɔː deɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEST-BEFORE DATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Best-Before date is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BEST-BEFORE DATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of best-before date in the English dictionary

The definition of best-before date in the dictionary is date on packaged food indicating how long it is safe to keep it.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BEST-BEFORE DATE


accommodate
əˈkɒməˌdeɪt
birthdate
ˈbɜːθdeɪt
candidate
ˈkændɪˌdeɪt
caudate
ˈkɔːdeɪt
consolidate
kənˈsɒlɪˌdeɪt
date
deɪt
elucidate
ɪˈluːsɪˌdeɪt
intimidate
ɪnˈtɪmɪˌdeɪt
invalidate
ɪnˈvælɪˌdeɪt
iodate
ˈaɪəˌdeɪt
liquidate
ˈlɪkwɪˌdeɪt
mandate
ˈmændeɪt
update
ʌpˈdeɪt
validate
ˈvælɪˌdeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEST-BEFORE DATE

best
best boy
best end
best friend
best girl
best man
best of breed
best practice
best-ball
best-of-breed
bestain
bestar
bestead
besti
bestial
bestialise
bestialism
bestialities
bestiality
bestialize

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEST-BEFORE DATE

blind date
Chinese date
closing date
completion date
cut-off date
double date
drop-dead date
due date
end date
expiration date
expiry date
of even date
out of date
payment date
publication date
release date
sell-by date
up to date
up-to-date
use-by date
value date

Synonyms and antonyms of best-before date in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «best-before date» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BEST-BEFORE DATE

Find out the translation of best-before date to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of best-before date from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «best-before date» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

最佳使用期
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fecha de caducidad
570 millions of speakers

English

best-before date
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सबसे अच्छा से पहले की तारीख
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يُفْضِلُ اِسْتِخْدامه قَبْلَ التاريخ الـمُحَدَّد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

срок годности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

data de validade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তারিখের আগে সেরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

date de péremption
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terbaik sebelum tarikh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

賞味期限
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

최상 품질 기한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paling-sadurunge tanggal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngày hết hạn sử dụng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிறந்த முன் தேதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तारखेपूर्वी सर्वोत्तम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

En iyi öncesi tarihi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

data di scadenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

termin ważności
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вжити до
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dată de expirare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ημερομηνία λήξης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beste voor datum
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bäst före-datum
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

best før-dato
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of best-before date

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEST-BEFORE DATE»

The term «best-before date» is regularly used and occupies the 99.303 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BEST-BEFORE DATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «best-before date» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «best-before date» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about best-before date

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEST-BEFORE DATE»

Discover the use of best-before date in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to best-before date and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Examining Food and Nutrition
For a product with a shelf-life of three months or less, such as bread, biscuits, crisps and sweets the 'best-before' date may be expressed as a day and month only. Sometimes there is a number after the date for example 1 1 Sept (2), which  ...
Jenny Ridgwell, 1996
2
Food Packaging and Shelf Life: A Practical Guide
This concept allows the processor to set the quality standard of the food, as the product will still be acceptable to many consumers after the “best before” date has passed. More recently, shelf life was defined for the first time in EU legislation , ...
Gordon L. Robertson, 2009
3
Food Packaging: Principles and Practice, Third Edition
This concept (essentially equivalent to the “best before” date defined in the following) allows the processor to set the quality standard of the food, because the product would still be acceptable to many consumers after the “best before” date has ...
Gordon L. Robertson, 2012
4
Shelf Life Evaluation of Foods
The inference is that procedures have been established (in the main by the manufacturers) for shelf lives to be evaluated. In the UK, for instance, "best before " date is the usual date mark required by current legislation to appear on the labeling ...
C.M.D. Man, Adrian A. Jones, 2000
5
Best Before Date
A man convinces death that he hasn't expired, he's just passed his best before date.
Kenneth Sloan, 2013
6
Handbook of Food Preservation, Second Edition
Best- before date is set shorter than the shelf life with a good margin. Hence, it is usually safe and palatable to consume a product a long time after the best-before date, provided the product has been stored at the recommended conditions.
M. Shafiur Rahman, 2007
7
American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of ...
Here's the official take on the terms from Paul Cook, head of microbiological safety at the Food Standards Agency, who wrote by e-mail that “best before is an indication of quality rather than safety; eating food past the best before date doesn't ...
Jonathan Bloom, 2010
8
Design and Technology of Packaging Decoration for the ...
So, if a foodstuff does not satisfy the criteria for being labelled with a 'use-by' date, it must be labelled with a 'best before' date, unless specifically exempt. There are not that many foods that are exempt from date marking, but the few that are ...
Geoff A. Giles, 2000
9
The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954
... before consumption shall not be applicable to the packages of aspartame and infant milk substitute and infant food:] 2[Provided also that the declaration of best before date for consumption shall not be applicable to — (a) wines and liquors; ...
10
Handbook for Consumers
Hopefully, the arguments among the members of family, whether a particular packaged food item is fresh or stale or whether it is veg or non-veg came to an end with manufacturers/packers required to display a 'best before' date and also  ...
Dalpat Singh Mehta, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEST-BEFORE DATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term best-before date is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Letters: 'What other than greed motivates this behaviour?'
It's way past its best-before date. Peter Jennings, Port Carling, Ont. The current movement to abolish the Senate is nonsensical and dangerous. «Macleans.ca, Jul 15»
2
The Real Junk Food Project's Corin Bell on fighting food waste in …
... are confused about the law around food and what's simply company policy – it's not illegal to give away food that is past its best-before date.”. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
NBA free agency roundup
... to make the deal look even worse by desperately inking a few players that either aren't that good, or are well past their best-before date. «Toronto Sun, Jul 15»
4
It should be made illegal for supermarkets to throw away perfectly …
A parliamentary motion calling on the Government to force businesses to donate food approaching its best-before date to charity has so far ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
5
Branson sprinkles 'magic dust' to keep brand buoyant
One wanted to create a market for baobab, the “African superfruit”, another to reduce food waste by selling it after its best-before date. As well ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
6
Spaghetti sauce recalled from Loblaws in Longueuil
The sauce in question can be identified with the PLU codes 73303/73304/73305 and best-before date of June 28, 2015. It was prepared at the ... «CTV News, Jun 15»
7
Local associations hope Canada's World Cup exploits can fuel …
But while Sinclair is still a force, at age 32 her best-before date may be approaching expiry. So it's up to the next generation of women — both ... «Waterloo Record, Jun 15»
8
Berkovich: Canada's World Cup success may spark interest at local …
But while Sinclair is still a force, at age 32 her best-before date may be approaching expiry. So it's up to the next generation of women — both ... «Waterloo Record, Jun 15»
9
Amul, Nestle, Mother Dairy, Tru & Danone: Which Milk Tastes the …
Few were several days older than others (all within the best-before date) but that didn't seem to affect the overall rankings. We bought one litre ... «NDTV, Jun 15»
10
Why Canada's 'worst procurement' ever could still get worse
... decades past their best-before date. The procurement process to replace them has been the most badly-managed this country has ever seen ... «iPolitics.ca, Jun 15»

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