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# conserves

«conserves» in Mova's school dictionary: **jams made from whole fruit pieces cooked with sugar** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (conserves — plural of conserve); verb form (conserves — he/she conserves)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Conserves are jams made from whole fruit pieces cooked with sugar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conserves/#m1)

2) (verb) Someone or something conserves something when it saves it, protects it or uses it carefully so it is not wasted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conserves/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography: conserving energy, water and habitats; in physics, energy is conserved; in cooking, fruit conserves; phrases: conserves energy, conserves water.

### examples

- Grandma makes strawberry conserves every summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conserves/#x1)
- A short shower conserves water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conserves/#x2)
- The charity conserves rare forests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conserves/#x3)
- Turning off lights conserves energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conserves/#x4)
- The jar of apricot conserves is nearly empty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conserves/#x5)
- A camel conserves water in its body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conserves/#x6)

### note

As a noun usually plural (conserves); as a verb it is the third person form of «conserve» (past: conserved). Science: «energy is conserved» means it is not lost, only changed into other forms. Noun: conservation.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «conserves» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conserves/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.