noun [C,U]
1 a substance that is used to prevent colours or smells from changing or becoming weaker, for example in photography, art or the making of PERFUME
2 a substance that is used to stick things together or keep things in position, for example false teeth
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for fixative is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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