Sentence examples for a preservative from inspiring English sources

Then, it is a preservative.

The tamarind, a preservative, saw to that.

MICHAEL SPECTER: Ethyl mercury has been used as a preservative.

Egyptian mummy-makers used wine as a preservative.

Traditionally it was a preservative, but it also imparts flavor.

When machinery is idle, the lubricant acts as a preservative.

In many cases, it serves as a preservative".

Good soy sauce contains nothing more than water, soy, wheat, salt and usually a preservative.

For some living things it is a tonic or a preservative.

The stones had been treated with a preservative to keep them from chipping or exfoliating.

Tannin is a preservative and an important factor in the way wines age.