"shelf-stable" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more shelf-stable",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most shelf-stable",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "shelf-stable (comparative more shelf-stable, superlative most shelf-stable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "perishable"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "shelf-stable whipping cream",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1985, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, Committee on Food Protection, Subcommittee on Microbiological Criteria, An Evaluation of the Role of Microbiological Criteria for Foods and Food Ingredients, National Academies Press, page 43",
          "text": "It is necessary to distinguish between the shelf-life of two broad categories of foods, namely those that are shelf-stable and those that are perishable. For this discussion, shelf-life will be treated as it relates to microbial activity only."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of foods, storable for extended periods at room temperature."
      ],
      "id": "en-shelf-stable-en-adj-Sr1En65p",
      "links": [
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ],
        [
          "storable",
          "storable"
        ],
        [
          "room temperature",
          "room temperature"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "shelf life"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "shelf-stable"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more shelf-stable",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most shelf-stable",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "shelf-stable (comparative more shelf-stable, superlative most shelf-stable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "shelf life"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "perishable"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "shelf-stable whipping cream",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1985, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, Committee on Food Protection, Subcommittee on Microbiological Criteria, An Evaluation of the Role of Microbiological Criteria for Foods and Food Ingredients, National Academies Press, page 43",
          "text": "It is necessary to distinguish between the shelf-life of two broad categories of foods, namely those that are shelf-stable and those that are perishable. For this discussion, shelf-life will be treated as it relates to microbial activity only."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of foods, storable for extended periods at room temperature."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ],
        [
          "storable",
          "storable"
        ],
        [
          "room temperature",
          "room temperature"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "shelf-stable"
}