Usually means: Substances used to prolong freshness.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. preservative: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. preservative: Merriam-Webster
  3. preservative: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. preservative: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. preservative: Collins English Dictionary
  6. preservative: Vocabulary.com
  7. Preservative, preservative: Wordnik
  8. preservative: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. preservative: Wiktionary
  10. preservative: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. preservative: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. preservative: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. preservative: Dictionary.com
  14. preservative: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Preservative: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Preservative: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. preservative: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. preservative: Rhymezone
  19. preservative: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. preservative: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. preservative: FreeDictionary.org
  22. preservative: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. preservative: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Epicurus.com Spanish Glossary (No longer online)
  2. PRESERVATIVE: Glossary of Art Terms

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. preservative: Legal dictionary
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. preservative: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. preservative: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. preservative: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. preservative: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Preservative: Construction Glossary
  3. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Water Resource Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See preservatives as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Any agent, natural or artificial, that acts to preserve, especially when added to food.
adjective:  Tending to preserve.

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