preserve
/prɪˈzɜːv/ nounDefinition
FOOD [C, U] UK (US preserves) › a sweet food made from fruit, sugar, and water: apricot/strawberry preserve
ACTIVITY [no plural] › an activity which only a particular group of people can do: Sport used to be a male preserve. Owning racehorses is the preserve of the rich.
AREA [C] mainly US › an area where wild animals and plants are protected
(Definition of preserve noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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