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preserve

preserve

36 4.9
An area of land where animals and plants are protected
  • noun
  • /prɪˈzɜrv/
translation icon : reserva natural
  • Local nature centers, forest preserves, and parks are good sources for subjects.
  • wildlife preserve
  • nature preserve
  • parks and preserves

I got to go dog sledding and go to a wolf preserve and all this really cool stuff.

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Examples

  • He owns now the biggest bison preserve in the world and has single handedly brought back almost the level of bisons in his area, which I think is is Wyoming.

  • Federal officials are considering a proposal to create a heritage preserve around certain shipwrecks to prevent damage from fishing.

    Academic text (2011)
  • What were you doing in the forest preserve last night?

  • This planet is a game preserve.

  • The forest was actually a tiny nature preserve leading to a commons.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Her Majesty has designated this land a nature preserve.

  • In 1980, the Dry Bay area had been designated a preserve and added to Glacier Bay National Park.

    Academic text (1990)
  • One was the Lacawac Sanctuary, a nonprofit nature preserve managed by a volunteer board.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The nearby Cranberry Glades Botanical Area, a wetland preserve, is worth a visit at any time of the year.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The Everglades National Park is a vast nature preserve that protects diverse wildlife and plant species.

Synonyms

reservation
vspreserve
  • US
166 5.0

An area of land set aside by a government for native people or to protect wildlife

can be used more broadly, not only government set-asides, and mean protected areas
reserve
vspreserve
49 4.4

A protected area of land for wildlife or local people

focuses mainly on protecting species or on activities kept for a particular group
wildland
vspreserve
  • US
4 5.5

An area of land left in its natural state and not built on

focuses on protecting plants and animals or allocating an activity to a group

Compounds

A large park in Alaska with Mount Denali and animals like bears and moose

A large national park in Alaska with wild nature and old sites of Native people

A large national park in northern Alaska with very wild, remote land

A large park in southern Alaska with volcanoes, mountains, and many brown bears

An area of land where people hunt animals at certain times of the year

How Protected

sanctuary
70 4.1
refuge
179 3.3
preserve
36 4.9
reserve
49 4.4
park
1.0

Surface Forms

preserve singular
preserves plural

Etymology

Preserve meaning a protected area comes from the idea of something being 'kept' from Latin pre- ('before') and servare ('to keep'), and it is like the word reserve. So a preserve is a place kept safe for animals or plants.