VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / preservatives

Thesaurus: preservatives

n. a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

addeddefinitionagainstdefinitionchemicaldefinitioncompounddefinitiondecaydefinitiondecompositiondefinitionprotectdefinitionpreseancefamilypreseasonfamilypreselectfamilypreselectedfamilypreselectsfamilypresencefamilypresence chamberfamilypresence of mindfamilypresencesfamilypresenile dementiafamilypresensationfamilypresensionfamilypresentfamilypresent momentfamilypresent participlefamilypresent perfectfamilypresent perfect continuousfamilypresent perfect progressivefamilypresent perfect tensefamilypresent progressivefamilypresent progressive tensefamily

Definitions

  1. n. a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition