conserve

Meaning of conserve

verb
  1. protect (something, especially something of environmental or cultural importance) from harm or destruction.
    the funds raised will help conserve endangered meadowlands
noun
  1. a preparation made by preserving fruit with sugar; jam or marmalade.
    pork tenderloin with onion and raisin conserve
    a delectable cherry conserve

late Middle English: from Old French conserver (verb), conserve (noun), from Latin conservare ‘to preserve’, from con- ‘together’ + servare ‘to keep’.

Information about conserve

Hyphenation of conserve

con-serve

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • conserve is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

conserve synonyms

Meaning preserve:

preserve, conserves, preserves, maintain

Meaning husband:

husband, economize

Meaning an instance of a thing seizing or becoming stuck:

jam

Meaning a fruit-flavoured dessert made by warming and then cooling a liquid containing gelatin or a similar setting agent in a mould or dish so that it sets into a semi-solid, somewhat elastic mass:

jelly

Meaning the fact or process of spreading over an area:

spread

Meaning a preserve made from citrus fruit, especially bitter oranges:

marmalade

Meaning a preparation made by preserving fruit with sugar; jam or marmalade:

confiture

Translation of conserve

Anagrams of conserve

Converse, converse

Words that rhyme with conserve

derve, Herve, wherve, kerve, enerve, ennerve, innerve, nerve, renerve, trinerve, unnerve, perve, CompuServe, PolyServe, asserve, bioreserve, cryopreserve, deserve, disserve, inserve, misdeserve, misobserve, misserve, nonreserve, observe, outserve, predeserve, preobserve, preserve, redeserve, reobserve, reserve, serve, subserve, underserve, undeserve, unreserve, proterve, sterve, verve, swerve

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