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- noun Plural form of
preserve . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
preserve .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
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Examples
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This title preserves the ancient tradition, and there is no reason to doubt that the tradition embodies the truth.
Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People Washington Gladden 1877
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This term preserves the memory of Mabel, the Swimming Wonder Monkey, star of a biological research program at the University of Toronto.
MAKE Magazine Gareth Branwyn 2010
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This term preserves the memory of Mabel, the Swimming Wonder Monkey, star of a biological research program at the University of Toronto.
MAKE Magazine 2010
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To reach the Old Port, I could also have taken Rue St. Ferréol, an upscale lane running perpendicular to La Canebière that is just as lively but sports the immaculate, AC-cooled, glassed-in preserves of Le Jasmin watch sellers with their outdoor Rolex clock, Galeries Lafayette, Yves Rocher, and BNP Paribas.
Sunstroked 2008
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Today, I obtained some huckleberry preserves from the farmers market and LOVED IT with huckleberry preserves ...
Like a lullaby 2008
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But the cream pie for with porphyrin's homemade gooseberry preserves is in the fridge, and there has been substantial progress on other fronts.
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway porphyrin 2008
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To reach the Old Port, I could also have taken Rue St. Ferréol, an upscale lane running perpendicular to La Canebière that is just as lively but sports the immaculate, AC-cooled, glassed-in preserves of Le Jasmin watch sellers with their outdoor Rolex clock, Galeries Lafayette, Yves Rocher, and BNP Paribas.
Sunstroked 2008
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Fruit is often used in preserves and desserts, including pears cooked in cinnamon and sugar syrup, walnut brittle, cakes topped with marmalade, and pitaya (cactus fruit) gelatin.
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Fruit is often used in preserves and desserts, including pears cooked in cinnamon and sugar syrup, walnut brittle, cakes topped with marmalade, and pitaya (cactus fruit) gelatin.
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Brillat-Savarin preserves the memory of the ancient regime sufficiently to enact some version of its manners.
Economies of Excess in Brillat-Savarin, Balzac, and Baudelaire 2007
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