Dissolvent

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Capable of dissolution into a fluid..

Definitions by Sense

1. Capable of dissolution into a fluid.
2. Having power to dissolve a solid body.
3. A substance which can dissolve or be dissolved into a liquid.

Example Sentences

the dissolvent juices [of the stomach]

[T]he operator evidently perceives the dissolvent property of the jaggery water, on its being tempered with the prepared mortar.

For, that the ordure, which continually gathers on the skin, would ſoon ſtop the pores of it, if the ſweat were not furniſht with ſome efficacious diſſolvent to open and pierce them.

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• more dissolvent
• most dissolvent
• dissolvents

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