food preservation
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- noun
- /fuːd ˌprɛzərˈveɪʃən/
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conservación de alimentos
- Canning your harvests is a popular method of food preservation used to extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables.
- food preservation—canning
- home food preservation
- food preservation skills
Examples
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For example, the Harvest Kitchen Project mentioned above, which invites educators and culinary professionals to provide additional instruction, teaches youth offenders about the basics of food preservation, weights and measurements, food ordering, nutrition, kitchen safety, and so on.
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In this article, we'll introduce the concepts, techniques, and issues related to food preservation and storage.
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Listed below are the most common methods of food preservation and storage.
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Additional skills are things like gardening, food preservation, and basic first aid.
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I do a lot of canning and food preservation.
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Ionizing radiation is a safe and effective food preservation tool.
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A few weeks ago, I heard about an introductory food preservation and canning class happening at our local community college.
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Garden program members developed what they coined the "One Vegetable, One Community" initiative in 2011 as a way to encourage urban gardening and food preservation.
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She's converted this spare room into her seed starting space slash food preservation supply area.
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Given the fact that the equipment for food preservation was simple and crude and the food hygienic standard was lower in the past, it's hard to say the food we ate was healthy.
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Synonyms
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3.8
Keeping things safe and in good condition, for example food or buildings
Antonyms
How Effective
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'methods to prevent food from spoiling' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'food' (substance consumed) with 'preservation' (process of keeping something safe/unchanged). This noun+noun compositional pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The noun food preservation comes from the simple picture of people hanging, salting, or smoking food to stop it going bad. That's why food preservation means 'methods to keep food safe and make it last longer'.