noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
artificial preservatives (= used to preserve food )
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This jam has no artificial preservatives.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
artificial
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Full of fruit with no artificial preservatives or colourings, they taste just like home-made jam.
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Throw them out over Akron or Denver, who needs the artificial flavors and preservatives ?
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No artificial colouring or preservatives used.
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Some manufacturers are now producing juices with no artificial preservatives or added sugar - delicious and lower in calories too.
■ NOUN
wood
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Apply a wood preservative that can be painted over or varnished afterwards.
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Attach the post anchors to the posts, making sure the post bottoms are cut square and treated with extra wood preservative .
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Make sure they are treated with a wood preservative before nailing or screwing to the frame.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Apply a wood preservative that can be painted over or varnished afterwards.
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Her secret, she said, is all the preservatives in the junk foods she eats.
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It acts as a glucose preservative by inhibiting glycolysis.
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Paper cartons of milk and tomatoes, packaged without preservatives or additives, just like their steel counterparts, are already here.
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The demand for food without preservatives is increasing.
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The Growtray is a simple timber box, that is treated with non-toxic preservatives.
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The herrings and preservative had reacted together and produced a chemical which was poisonous to mink.
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Throw them out over Akron or Denver, who needs the artificial flavors and preservatives?