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Thesaurus: preservative

Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc.

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  1. a. Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc.
  2. n. That which preserves, or has the power of preserving; a presevative agent.
  3. adj. tending or having the power to preserve
  4. n. a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition
  5. Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc. That which preserves, or has the power of preserving; a presevative agent. To wear tablets as preservatives against the plague. Bacon.
  6. Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve,or to keep from injury, decay, etc.
  7. j:11/n:89 n. a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition s. tending or having the power to preserve