fixative

About 0.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A substance that fixes, protects, or preserves.
2. noun The components of a perfume that prolong or bolster the notes, and may or may not be the base note itself.
3. adjective Serving to fix or bind.

Similar words

paraformaldehyde glutaraldehyde fixer chemopreservation treatment formalin fixation cryofixative consolidant cryofixation

Often followed by

for and is solution to in of or was

Word family

fixatives