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soluble
What does soluble mean?
soluble (adjective): (of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water).
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use soluble in a sentence?
- This substance isn't water-soluble. (Tatoeba sentence #13633775 by araneo, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce soluble?
/ˈsɑljəbəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does soluble come from?
From Middle English soluble, from Old French soluble, from Late Latin solūbilis, from Latin solvere (“to loosen”) + -bilis.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to soluble
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “soluble” mean?
left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied, or otherwise damaged
Not quite: that's what intact means.
done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose
Not quite: that's what clandestine means.
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
Not quite: that's what barbarous means.
(of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water)
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