protective
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɹɛtɛktɪv/, /pɹoʊtɛktɪv/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛktɪv
- Hyphenation: pro‧tec‧tive
Adjective
protective (comparative more protective, superlative most protective)
- Serving or intended to protect.
- The fighter dropped into a protective stance.
- The castle's moat served a protective function.
- 2004, Mickey Baskett, Fabulous Painted Furniture, page 13:
- Pour a solvent such as paint thinner, mineral spirits, or a liquid sandpaper product in a metal can or enamel bowl. Wear protective gloves.
- Wishing to protect; defensive of somebody or something.
- Mother bears are famously protective of their cubs.
Derived terms
- atheroprotective
- autoprotective
- axoprotective
- bioprotective
- bronchoprotective
- canceroprotective
- carcinoprotective
- cardioprotective
- carioprotective
- cerebroprotective
- chemoprotective
- chondroprotective
- cryoprotective
- cytoprotective
- dermatoprotective
- ecoprotective
- endothelioprotective
- enteroprotective
- excitoprotective
- fertoprotective
- fibroprotective
- gastroprotective
- genoprotective
- geroprotective
- glioprotective
- hepatoprotective
- hyperprotective
- immunoprotective
- luteoprotective
- lyoprotective
- mechanoprotective
- metalloprotective
- mitoprotective
- mucoprotective
- myeloprotective
- myoprotective
- nephroprotective
- neuroprotective
- nonprotective
- oligoprotective
- oncoprotective
- organoprotective
- osmoprotective
- osteoprotective
- otoprotective
- overcurrent protective device
- overprotective
- ovoprotective
- personal protective equipment
- pharmacoprotective
- photoprotective
- phytoprotective
- pneumoprotective
- protective custody
- protectively
- protectiveness
- protective order
- protective reaction
- protectivity
- radioprotective
- renoprotective
- retinoprotective
- self-protective
- semiprotective
- seroprotective
- subprotective
- superprotective
- thermoprotective
- thromboprotective
- thyroprotective
- tubuloprotective
- ultraprotective
- unprotective
- uroprotective
- vasculoprotective
- vasoprotective
- venoprotective
Translations
serving, intended or wishing to protect
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