Preserves (Noun)
Meaning
Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Examples
- My grandmother used to make homemade preserves from fresh strawberries and apricots every summer.
- The breakfast spread included toast, bread, and a variety of homemade fruit preserves.
- She carefully spooned the chunky blueberry preserves into the sterilized jars.
- The sweet and tangy plum preserves were a perfect topping for the yogurt parfait.
- A generous helping of orange marmalade preserves topped the toast at the English breakfast table.