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How to pronounce “preservative”
Hear “preservative” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for preservative
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of preservative with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 4 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Michael Archer: How we'll resurrect the gastric brooding frog, the Tasmanian tiger 17 minutes
I'm a paleontologist, but I still knew alcohol was a DNA preservative.
- Definition summary
- Any agent, natural or artificial, that acts to preserve, especially when added to food.
Example 1 of 4
How to pronounce preservative
Michael Archer: How we'll resurrect the gastric brooding frog, the Tasmanian tiger 17 minutes

I'm a paleontologist, but I still knew alcohol was a DNA preservative.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “preservative”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- Any agent, natural or artificial, that acts to preserve, especially when added to food.
- [Adjective]
- Tending to preserve.
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