specifically: an additive used to protect against decay, discoloration, or spoilage
Example Sentences
Noun This food does not contain any artificial preservatives. The wood was treated with preservative.
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Adjective
Fragrance and preservative ingredients are common triggers in beauty and personal-care products. Parizaad Khan Sethi, Allure, 24 Aug. 2022 This preservative environment, along with cooperative and curious gold miners, has led Yukon paleontologists including Hall to many recent discoveries, including a mummified wolf pup. Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2022 Others said variety was the spice — or, at least, preservative — of life. Jason Horowitz, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2022 Others said variety was the spice, or at least, preservative of life.New York Times, 13 July 2022 Self-preservative, and selfless, and hurtful, and thoughtful, and disloyal/rash/long overdue ones. Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 25 May 2022 Till’s murder made somehow more lurid through the preservative lacquer of folk heroism.Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2022 Sodium azide, a colorless, tasteless and odorless powder, is used as a propellant in airbags, as a herbicide and a pest control agent as well as a laboratory preservative agent. Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 23 Feb. 2022 Cookies can have too much sugar, saturated fat, salt, and additives such as preservative. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2021
Noun
The brand's preservative-free take on the heritage agave-lime sparkler is easy to find in cans and on tap at dozens of spots around Houston alone. Robin Soslow, Chron, 22 Aug. 2022 Those who had often assumed that the only type of wine produced in Greece was retsina — an old tradition that originated when the ancient Greeks would seal vats of wine with pine resin as a preservative during shipping. Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Aug. 2022 The standard way to preserve organs is to cool them rapidly and then store them in an ice-cold preservative. Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2022 Formaldehyde, a preservative, is carcinogenic and can also cause internal irritation when inhaled, among other symptoms. Chris Baraniuk, Wired, 16 July 2022 Thanks to lead’s sweet taste, it was even sprinkled on food or wine as a preservative and a deadly condiment. Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 16 June 2022 This set of sponges is earth friendly and Forest Stewardship Council certified, and features just five ingredients to create—water, corn, bionanopol, a natural preservative, and a natural pigment. Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Apr. 2022 Some brands add citric acid as a preservative, too. Audrey Bruno, SELF, 11 June 2022 That’s important because cellulose—which is probably responsible for the bacteria surviving in extraterrestrial conditions—could be used on Mars as a preservative, a food additive and a fibre supplement in extraterrestrial settlements. Jamie Carter, Forbes, 7 June 2022 See More