preparations
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
preparation/prepəˈreɪʃn/
▶noun
- 1 the action or process of preparing or being prepared.
■ (usu. preparations) something done to get ready for an event or undertaking.
- 2 a specially made up substance, especially a medicine or food.
- 3 Music the sounding of the discordant note in a chord in the preceding chord where it is not discordant, lessening the effect of the discord.
'preparations' also found in these Oxford entries:
advance guard
- almond oil
- alpha-hydroxy acid
- Bach flower remedies
- balsam
- cosmetology
- immunosorbent
- mehndi
- organize
- plan
- preparation
- reishi
- shea butter
- vanilla
