preservative

Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

Related to preservative: perseverative, Food preservative

pre·ser·va·tive

(prĭ-zûr′və-tĭv)

adj.

Tending to preserve or capable of preserving.

Something used to preserve, especially a chemical added to foods to inhibit spoilage.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

preservative

(prɪˈzɜːvətɪv)

(Cookery) something that preserves or tends to preserve, esp a chemical added to foods to inhibit decomposition

adj

tending or intended to preserve

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

pre•serv•a•tive

(prɪˈzɜr və tɪv)

n.

1. something that preserves or tends to preserve.

2. a chemical substance used to preserve foods or other organic materials from decomposition or fermentation.

adj.

3. tending to preserve.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Medieval Latin]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun	1.	preservative - a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition chemical compound, compound - (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight spice - aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative
Adj.	1.	preservative - tending or having the power to preserve; "timbers should be treated with a preservative substance" protective - intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind; "a protective covering"; "the use of protective masks and equipment"; "protective coatings"; "kept the drunken sailor in protective custody"; "animals with protective coloring"; "protective tariffs"

preservative

adjective

Able to preserve:

conservative, protective.

Translations

مَادَّةٌ حَافِظَة

konzervační látkakonzervační prosředek

konserveringsmiddel

Konservierungsmittel Konservierungsstoff

συντηρητικό

conservante preservativo

säilitusaine

säilöntäaine

conservateur préservatif

konzervans

tartósítószer

rotvarnarefni

conservante preservativo

保存料

방부제

conserveringsmiddel

konserveringsmiddel

konserwant

conservante preservativo

консервант

konzervačný prostriedok

konzervansprezervativ

konserveringsmedel

สารกันบูด

katkı maddesikoruyucu madde

chất bảo quản

防腐剂

preservative

[prɪˈzɜːvətɪv]

A. N (Culin) → conservante m

B. CPD [function, substance] → conservante

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

preservative

[prɪˈzɜː^rvətɪv] n → conservateur m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

preservative

adj → Konservierungs-; preservative chemical → Konservierungsmittel nt

n → Konservierungsmittel nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

preservative

[prɪˈzɜːvətɪv] n (Culin) → conservante m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

preserve

(priˈzəːv) verb

1. to keep safe from harm. (May) Heaven preserve us from danger!

2. to keep in existence. They have managed to preserve many old documents.

3. to treat (food), eg by cooking it with sugar, so that it will not go bad. What is the best method of preserving raspberries?

noun

1. an activity, kind of work etc in which only certain people are allowed to take part.

2. a place where game animals, birds etc are protected. a game preserve.

3. jam. blackberry jam and other preserves.

ˌpreserˈvation (pre-) noun

the action of preserving or the state or process of being preserved.

preˈservative (-vətiv) noun

something that preserves, especially that prevents food etc from going bad. a chemical preservative.

preservative

→ مَادَّةٌ حَافِظَة konzervační látka konserveringsmiddel Konservierungsmittel συντηρητικό conservante säilöntäaine conservateur konzervans conservante 保存料 방부제 conserveringsmiddel konserveringsmiddel konserwant conservante, preservativo консервант konserveringsmedel สารกันบูด katkı maddesi chất bảo quản 防腐剂

pre·ser·va·tive

n. preservativo, conservador;

agente que se añade a un alimento o medicamento para impedir el desarrollo de bacterias;

profiláctico.

preservative

n conservante m, conservador m (Mex)

References in classic literature ?

Without thinking highly either of men or matrimony, marriage had always been her object; it was the only provision for well-educated young women of small fortune, and however uncertain of giving happiness, must be their pleasantest preservative from want.

View in context

There was but little decomposition, a fact attributed to some preservative property in the mineral-bearing soil.

View in context

He used it (as it seemeth) for a preservative against infection.

View in context

They were very dark from the preservative in which they had been kept, and the skin had almost the look of leather.

View in context

This facile adaptation was at once the symptom of perfect health and its best preservative.

View in context

When the preservative force of Christianity permeating all classes of society shall have put life into the new order of things, there will be an end of sterile disputes about doctrine.

View in context

Because I think that this is the only virtue which remains in the State when the other virtues of temperance and courage and wisdom are abstracted; and, that this is the ultimate cause and condition of the existence of all of them, and while remaining in them is also their preservative; and we were saying that if the three were discovered by us, justice would be the fourth or remaining one.

View in context

To hold that this general aversion to that liquid has no basis in the preservative instinct of the race is to be unscientific -- and without science we are as the snakes and toads.

View in context

And indeed to be busy with material affairs is the best preservative against reflection, fears, doubts--all these things which stand in the way of achievement.

View in context

For the remedies; there may be some general preservatives, whereof we will speak: as for the just cure, it must answer to the particular disease; and so be left to counsel, rather than rule.

View in context

But Christmas puddings, brawn, and abundance of spirituous liquors, throwing the mental originality into the channel of nightmare, are great preservatives against a dangerous spontaneity of waking thought.

View in context

April 2019: Nisilactin Plus is a new natural preservative range which is demonstrating extraordinary results in fresh food security and shelf-life stability.

Food preservatives Market Worldwide Comprehensive Research Study 2019 / Size, Share, Emerging Trend, Global Industry Analysis, Key Players Review and Regional Forecast to 2023

Full browser ?

CITE

Site: Follow: Share:

Open / Close