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fixative

fixative noun: a substance that fixes, protects, or preserves.

Noun

fixative (plural fixatives)

  1. A substance that fixes, protects, or preserves.
  2. (perfumery) The components of a perfume that prolong or bolster the notes, and may or may not be the base note itself.

Adjective

fixative (comparative more fixative, superlative most fixative)

  1. Serving to fix or bind.

fixative meaning in Tamil

fixative in Tamil

நிலைநிறுத்தி, நிலை நிறுத்தி

Forms of fixative

Noun
pluralfixatives
Adjective
comparativemore fixative
superlativemost fixative

Words formed from fixative

Questions about fixative

What does fixative mean?
Fixative means a substance that fixes, protects, or preserves.
What is fixative in Tamil?
Fixative in Tamil is நிலைநிறுத்தி, நிலை நிறுத்தி. See Fixative meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fixative?
Fixative can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of fixative?
The plural of fixative is fixatives.

Words near fixative in the dictionary

  1. fixatifs
  2. fixating
  3. fixation
  4. fixational
  5. fixations
  6. fixative
  7. fixatives
  8. fixator
  9. fixators
  10. fixatory
  11. fixature

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fixative (page history and authors); fixative (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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