"fixative" meaning in English

See fixative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fixative.wav Forms: more fixative [comparative], most fixative [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} fixative (comparative more fixative, superlative most fixative)
  1. Serving to fix or bind. Derived forms: cryofixative, immunofixative, macrofixative, microfixative, postfixative, prefixative
    Sense id: en-fixative-en-adj-SBYmNqHV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 37 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 37 42

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fixative.wav Forms: fixatives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fixative (plural fixatives)
  1. A substance that fixes, protects, or preserves.
    Sense id: en-fixative-en-noun-5GrdXQ9A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 37 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 37 42
  2. (perfumery) The components of a perfume that prolong or bolster the notes, and may or may not be the base note itself.
    Sense id: en-fixative-en-noun-9J0kEU8T Categories (other): Perfumery, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 37 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 21 32 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 37 42

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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