Word Study
fixative
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fixative has 2 senses
- fixative(n = noun.substance) Array - a compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study; Array is a kind of fixer, fixing agent
- fixative(n = noun.artifact) Array - a varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging; Array is a kind of varnish
CIDE DICTIONARY
fixative, n.
That which serves to set or fix colors or drawings, as a mordant. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fixative, adj. & n.
--adj. tending to fix or secure.
--n. a substance used to fix colours, hair, microscope-specimens, etc.
--adj. tending to fix or secure.
--n. a substance used to fix colours, hair, microscope-specimens, etc.
THESAURUS
fixative
air brush, ambergris, ambrosia, aromatic, aromatic gum, aromatic water, art paper, attar, attar of roses, balance, balance rudder, balance wheel, ballast, balm, balm of Gilead, balsam, bay oil, bergamot oil, brush, camera lucida, camera obscura, canvas, chalk, champaca oil, charcoal, civet, counterbalance, counterweight, crayon, drawing paper, drawing pencil, drier, easel, essence, essential oil, extract, fin, flywheel, governor, ground, gyroscope, hairspring, heliotrope, jasmine oil, keel, lavender oil, lay figure, maulstick, medium, mordant, musk, myrcia oil, myrrh, paint, paintbrush, palette, palette knife, parfum, pastel, pencil, pendulum, perfume, perfumery, pigments, rose oil, scent, scratchboard, shock absorber, siccative, sketchbook, sketchpad, spatula, spray gun, springs, stabilizator, stiffening, stump, tail plane, varnish, volatile oil
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