preserve
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- noun
- /prɪˈzɜrv/
- Local nature centers, forest preserves, and parks are good sources for subjects.
- wildlife preserve
- nature preserve
- parks and preserves
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Watch on YouTubeI got to go dog sledding and go to a wolf preserve and all this really cool stuff.
- I got to go dog sledding and go to a wolf preserve and all this really cool stuff.
- I mean, it's a nature reserve, not a preserve, but it's called the Jasper Pulaski.
- I don't care if it's on one of these or smoke signals on an Indian preserve.
- Politics shouldn't be the preserve of people like me who have had to get tough, who have had to go through this journey.
Examples
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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.
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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?
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This planet is a game preserve.
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The forest was actually a tiny nature preserve leading to a commons.
Fiction book (2001) -
Her Majesty has designated this land a nature preserve.
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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
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An area of land set aside by a government for native people or to protect wildlife
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A protected area of land for wildlife or local people
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5.5
An area of land left in its natural state and not built on
Compounds
A large park in Alaska with Mount Denali and animals like bears and moose
A large park in southern Alaska with volcanoes, mountains, and many brown bears
A large national park in northern Alaska with very wild, remote land
- Offensive
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A large national park in Alaska with wild nature and old sites of Native people
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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.