Dictionary

well-preserved en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (of an older person) Healthy and ageing gracefully.
2. (of an old, qualifier:possibly ancient; object; possibly ancient; object) In good condition considering its age.
   • Its [listed building] designation is due to its 'group value' with Mostyn's station and goods shed, and to it being a well-preserved early 20th century example. 2021 November 3, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Boxes with functions across the centuries”, in RAIL, number 943, page 58:
   • Experts say it is the best-preserved mammoth carcass in the world and is one of only seven whole remains ever found. 2024 December 23, Agence France-Presse, “Baby mammoth in Russia is the ‘best-preserved’ ever found”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2025:
   • The setting for this big fight over a little bird is bucolic: A well-preserved 18th-century barn, white with green doors, standing on the edge of a sprawling saltmarsh in Rye. 2026 April 15, Todd Bookman, “Whose barn is it, anyways? Swallows in Rye face eviction”, in New Hampshire Public Radio, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2026:

Forms

Translations (5)

de gut erhalten (old object in good condition) · da velbevaret (healthy and ageing gracefully) · fi hyvin säilynyt (healthy and ageing gracefully) · da velbevaret (old object in good condition) · de wohl erhalten (healthy and ageing gracefully)