preservatory
/prɪˈzəːvət(ə)ri/rare
adjective
Preservative; intended to preserve or protect.
noun
1A place in which people, things, etc., are protected or preserved. rare.
2Chiefly US. A room for storing perishable foodstuffs at a low temperature; an apparatus for preserving perishable foodstuffs; (also) a factory for the preparation of preserved foodstuffs. Now chiefly historical.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Joseph Hall (1574–1656), bishop of Norwich, religious writer, and satirist. From post-classical Latin praeservat-, past participial stem of praeservare preserve + -ory, perhaps after conservatory.
- reader-printer
- reader-response
- readership
- reader-writer
- readhere
- readhesion
- native companion
- native currant
- native daphne
- native doctor
- native dog
- native flax
- native forest
- native friendship center
- native friendship centre
- native garden
- native harebell
- native heath
- native hen
- native laurel
- native law
- native-like
- native location
- native logging
- natively