CONSERVES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conserves mean? 

• CONSERVES (noun)
  The noun CONSERVES has 1 sense:

1. fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

  Familiarity information: CONSERVES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONSERVES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

conserve; conserves; preserve; preserves

Hypernyms ("conserves" is a kind of...):

confiture (preserved or candied fruit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conserves"):

apple butter (thick dark spicy puree of apples)

chowchow (a Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger)

jam (preserve of crushed fruit)

lemon cheese; lemon curd (a conserve with a thick consistency; made with lemons and butter and eggs and sugar)

jelly (a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit)

marmalade (a preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits)

 Context examples 

The researchers found that the kidney conserves or releases water by balancing levels of sodium, potassium, and the waste product urea.

(How the body regulates salt levels, NIH)