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CONSERVES

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

Synonyms:

conserve; conserves; preserve; preserves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("conserves" is a kind of...):

confiture (preserved or candied fruit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conserves"):

apple butter (thick dark spicy puree of apples)

chowchow (a Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger)

jam (preserve of crushed fruit)

lemon cheese; lemon curd (a conserve with a thick consistency; made with lemons and butter and eggs and sugar)

jelly (a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit)

marmalade (a preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (third person singular) of the verb conserve

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