The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SALT , but the solution may also be BRINE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Preservative crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SALT | 33 % | 4 |
| BHA | 22 % | 3 |
| BRINE | 22 % | 5 |
| ICE | 11 % | 3 |
| AGAR | 11 % | 4 |
Why may BRINE be the right solution?
The answer "BRINE" is a preservative because it is a solution of salt in water used to preserve or pickle food items such as vegetables or meats.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Preservative
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- protective
- ice
- preserve
- prophylactic
- agar
- thimerosal
- shelf
- condom
- vac
- conservancy
- securement
- conserving
Crossword Answer definitions
SALT noun- A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
- One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
- A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
- A sailor (also old salt).
- Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting or hashing it, in order to render brute-force decryption more difficult.
- A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.
- Flavour; taste; seasoning.
- Piquancy; wit; sense.
- A dish for salt at table; a salt cellar.
- Skepticism and common sense.
- Indignation; outrage; arguing.
- To add salt to.
- To deposit salt as a saline solution.
- To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
- To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
- To include colorful language in.
- To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.
- Salty; salted.
- Saline.
- Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use.
- Bitter; sharp; pungent.
- Salacious; lecherous; lustful; (of animals) in heat.
- Costly; expensive.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SALT
- NaCI
- NaCl
- Seadog
- Skeptic's grain
- 1972 pact
- Popcorn add-on
- Pretzel topper
- Season
- Soluble compound
- It melts the ice
More clues leading to the result BHA
- Preservative
- Common food preservative, for short
- Food preservative
- Food preservative, briefly
- Food antioxidant init.
- Food antioxidant, briefly
- Food preservative: Abbr.
More clues leading to the result BRINE
- Pickle juice
- Pickling substance
- Pickling agent
- Pickle juice?
- Curer of feta cheese
- Packing fluid
- Pickling potion
- Seawater
- Saline solution
- Curing solution
More clues leading to the result ICE
- Chill
- Dry __ (solid Carbon dioxide)
- Gerald Browne's "Green ___"
- Hockey field
- Rink surface
- Ross __ Shelf
- Winter sculpture material
- Bar request
- Bruin's milieu
- Diamonds, to jewel thieves