SOLUBLE

soluble

(adjective) (of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water)

soluble

(adjective) susceptible of solution or of being solved or explained; “the puzzle is soluble”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

soluble (comparative more soluble, superlative most soluble)

Able to be dissolved.

Able to be solved or explained.

Synonyms

• (able to be dissolved): dissolvable, dissoluble

• (able to be solved or explained): solvable

Antonyms

• (able to be dissolved): insoluble

• (able to be solved or explained): insoluble

Anagrams

• boulles, lobules

Source: Wiktionary


Sol"u*ble, a. Etym: [L. solubilis, fr. solvere, solutum, to loosen, to dissolve: cf. F. soluble. See Solve, and cf. Solvable.]

1. Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water. Sugar is . . . soluble in water and fusible in fire. Arbuthnot.

2. Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble. "More soluble is this knot." Tennyson.

3. Relaxed; open or readily opened. [R.] "The bowels must be kept soluble." Dunglison. Soluble glass. (Chem.) See under Glass.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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