Usually means: Substances used to prolong freshness.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. preservatives: Merriam-Webster
  2. preservatives: Collins English Dictionary
  3. preservatives: Vocabulary.com
  4. Preservatives, preservatives: Wordnik
  5. preservatives: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. preservatives: Wiktionary
  7. preservatives: Dictionary.com
  8. Preservatives: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Preservatives: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Preservatives: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Preservatives: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. preservatives: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. preservatives: Medical dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. Organic Salon Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See preservative as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (preservative)

noun:  Any agent, natural or artificial, that acts to preserve, especially when added to food.
adjective:  Tending to preserve.
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