conserve
5.1
A sweet fruit spread made by cooking fruit with sugar
- noun
- /kənˈsɜrv/
- UK
:
confitura
- The chef served her homemade peach conserve alongside the warm biscuits.
- jams and conserves
- cranberry conserve
- chicken with cranberry conserve
Examples
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(n30) Jorge A. Ramirez, "SAWS, Extension Partner to Help Folks in San Antonio Conserve Water," AgNews, 23 January 2002.
Academic text (2008) -
Christmas Conserve mixed fruit jam with spices.
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I made a delicious apricot conserve using fresh fruit and sugar.
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During the winter months, we enjoy having strawberry conserve on our toast.
Synonyms
preserve
vsconserve
10
2.6
A sweet fruit spread you make by cooking fruit with sugar
is focused on cooking that keeps whole fruit pieces rather than on storage
3.7
A sweet spread made by cooking large pieces of fruit with sugar
is the singular form of the same product
preserves
vsconserve
2.3
A sweet spread you make by cooking fruit with sugar, often with pieces of fruit left
focuses on cooking that keeps whole fruit pieces rather than making a smooth spread
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Etymology
Conserve comes from Latin parts con- ('together') and servare ('to keep'). A conserve is fruit 'kept' in sugar, so it is a kind of preserve where the pieces stay whole.