Dissolvent
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Dissolvent is an adjective meaning Capable of dissolution into a fluid.
Meaning
Capable of dissolution into a fluid.
More Meanings
- Having power to dissolve a solid body.
- 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.
Word Forms
- dissolvents
Synonyms for dissolvent
Depending on context, synonyms include dissoluble, dissolvable, soluble, solvent, thinner, resolvent.
Antonyms for dissolvent
Common opposites include undissolvable, indissoluble, insoluble.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include resolvent, solvent, thinner, dilutant, solvable, dissolveable.
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