Similar words: preservation, reservation, conservative, reservation price, indian reservation, representative, observation, preserve. Meaning: [prɪ'zɜrvətɪv /-'zɜːv-] 
n. a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition. adj. tending or having the power to preserve.
n. a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition. adj. tending or having the power to preserve. 
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1. The wood is treated with preservative to prevent decay.
2. He painted the posts with a preservative liquid.
3. New timber should be treated with a preservative.
4. Salt has a preservative effect on food.
5. The fence has been treated with preservative.
6. Salt is a common food preservative.
7. Alcohol is used as a preservative in certain foods.
8. Preservative is usually added to tinned meat.
9. It acts as a glucose preservative by inhibiting glycolysis.
10. The sugar in the fruit acts as a preservative.
11. They are also pressure impregnated with wood preservative to give rich colour and guaranteed life of 15 years without rotting.
12. The pole was impregnated with a preservative that had a salty taste.
13. All hardwood should be treated with stain preservative or a good quality exterior varnish to protect the timber.
14. Coat with clear preservative, then prime the new timber before painting the whole of the sill.
15. The use of salt as a preservative for wild game is basic, particularly prior to the days of refrigeration.
16. So, for example, a preservative may be used in fruit which is used to make jam.
17. The low moisture content and salt content are preservative; hence, they are less perishable than the sausages previously described.
18. The herrings and preservative had reacted together and produced a chemical which was poisonous to mink.
19. Salt acts as a preservative in butter; sweet butter is more perishable than salted butter and is usually priced higher.
20. Make sure they are treated with a wood preservative before nailing or screwing to the frame.
21. Embalming is a sanitary, cosmetic,[sentencedict.com] and preservative process through which the body is prepared for interment.
22. Apply a wood preservative that can be painted over or varnished afterwards.
23. Dodecyl nipagin ester is a safe and effective preservative.
24. Make sure the panels are treated with a wood preservative.
25. It is said that the final preparations owed their antibacterial activity to the phenol which they contained as a preservative.
26. Today, commercially made wooden windows need to be treated with preservative.
27. Burmester also included a few samples contaminated with polyethylene glycol, a modern preservative.
28. Attach the post anchors to the posts, making sure the post bottoms are cut square and treated with extra wood preservative.
29. Clearly distinct from the others were the two groups with the modern lacquers and the samples treated with preservative.
30. We used Forest palisade poles, which are pressure-treated with preservative and guaranteed to last for at least fifteen years.
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