preservative

About 0.91 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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.

2. adjective Tending to preserve.

   The curators took preservative actions to maintain the ancient collection.

Similar words

protective ice preserve prophylactic agar thimerosal shelf condom vac conservancy

Often followed by

against of and in for is treatment to from

Word family

preservatives