conserves
noun
Simple meaning
Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
kənˈsɝvz
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Definition
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noun
Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C2 · Proficient (estimated)
- Frequency
- Rare
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
Used this way, conserves is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a food and cooking use: everyday in kitchens and recipes.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Cooking/food
- Everyday conversation
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
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Keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change.
Word family
Words built from the same root.
An occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change.
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