preservative
Syllables: pre·ser·va·tive/prɪˈzɜːvətɪv/
preservative noun: any agent, natural or artificial, that acts to preserve, especially when added to food.
Noun
preservative (plural preservatives)
- Any agent, natural or artificial, that acts to preserve, especially when added to food.
- Salt, sugar, and acid all act as preservatives when making pickles.
Adjective
preservative
- Tending to preserve.
- The curators took preservative actions to maintain the ancient collection.
preservative meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic
preservative in Tamil
- பதப்பொருள்
preservative in Malayalam
- പരിരക്ഷകം, കേടുവരാതെ സൂക്ഷിക്കുന്ന, രക്ഷാവ്യവസ്ഥ, മുൻകരുതൽ നടപടി
preservative in Kannada
- ಕಾಪುಗೆ
preservative in Arabic
- any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve
- مَادَّة حَافِظَة
More languagesFewer languages
- preservative in Indonesian
- bahan pengawet
- preservative in Vietnamese
- chất bảo quản
Examples of preservative in a sentence
- Some processed foods have ingredients added, such as sweeteners, oils, colors and preservatives.
- The best preservative for unreason is to make a religion of it.
- John’s Eve, believing that this is a sovereign preservative against diseases of the skin.
Forms of preservative
| plural | preservatives |
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Origin of preservative
From Old French preservatif, from Medieval Latin praeservativus.
Words formed from preservative
Questions about preservative
- What does preservative mean?
- Preservative means any agent, natural or artificial, that acts to preserve, especially when added to food.
- What is preservative in Tamil?
- Preservative in Tamil is பதப்பொருள். See Preservative meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is preservative?
- Preservative can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce preservative?
- Preservative is pronounced /prɪˈzɜːvətɪv/.
- What is the plural of preservative?
- The plural of preservative is preservatives.
Words near preservative in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: preservative (page history and authors); preservative (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); preservative (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); preservative (Kannada 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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