English-Thai Dictionary
preservative
ADJ ที่ สามารถ ป้องกัน จาก การ ทำ ลายตาม ธรรมชาติ ได้ saving conservative protective ti-sa-mad-pok-kan-jak-kan-tam-lai-tam-ma-chad
preservative
N สิ่ง ที่ ป้องกัน การ สูญเสีย ตาม ธรรมชาติ ได้ เช่น สารกันบูด preserving agent siang-ti-pok-kan-kan-suan-sia-tang-tam-ma-chad
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PRESERVATIVE
a.Having the power or quality of keeping safe from injury, destruction or decay; tending to preserve.
PRESERVATIVE
n.That which preserves or has the power of preserving; something that tends to secure a person or thing in a sound state, or prevent if from injury, destruction, decay or corruption; a preventive of injury or decay. Persons formerly wore tablets of arsenic, as preservatives against the plague. Clothing is a preservative against cold. Temperance and exercise are the best preservatives of health. Habitual reverence of the Supreme Being is an excellent preservative against sin and the influence of evil examples.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PRESERVATIVE
Pre *serv "a *tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. préservatif. ]
Defn: Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc.
PRESERVATIVE
PRESERVATIVE Pre *serv "a *tive, n.
Defn: That which preserves, or has the power of preserving; a presevative agent. To wear tablets as preservatives against the plague. Bacon.
New American Oxford Dictionary
preservative
pre serv a tive |priˈzərvətiv prɪˈzɜːrvətɪv | ▶noun a substance used to preserve foodstuffs, wood, or other materials against decay. ▶adjective acting to preserve something: the preservative effects of freezing. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin praeservativus, from late Latin praeservat- ‘kept, ’ from the verb praeservare (see preserve ).
Oxford Dictionary
preservative
pre ¦ser ¦va |tive |prɪˈzəːvətɪv | ▶noun a substance used to preserve foodstuffs, wood, or other materials against decay. ▶adjective acting to preserve something: the preservative effects of freezing. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin praeservativus, from late Latin praeservat- ‘kept ’, from the verb praeservare (see preserve ).
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
preservative
pre serv a tive /prɪzə́ː r vətɪv /名詞 C U 1 (食品 木材 金属用 )防腐剤 ▸ No preservatives (used ).⦅掲示 ⦆防腐剤不使用 2 «…から » 損傷 [崩壊, 腐食 ]を防ぐもの «against » .形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗保存効果 [力 ]のある, 防腐の .