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FIXATIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("fixative" is a kind of...):
varnish (a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fixative" is a kind of...):
fixer; fixing agent (a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image))
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