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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Preservative \Pre*serv"a*tive\, adjective [Cf. F. pr['e]servatif.] Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Preservative \Pre*serv"a*tive\, noun That which preserves, or has the power of preserving; a presevative agent.
To wear tablets as preservatives against the plague. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
preservative
adjective: tending or having the power to preserve; "the timbers should be treated with a preservative"
noun: a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "preservative": backward, brine, conservational, conservationist, conservative, conservatory, conserving, die-hard, embalming fluid, fogyish, formaldehyde, keeping, nonprogressive, old-fashioned, old-fogyish, old-line, opposed to change, preservative medium, preservatory, preserving, protective, right-wing, salt, saving, standpat, ultraconservative, unprogressive, vinegar
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