ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Soluble

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈsɒljʊbəl/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Soluble is an adjective meaning (chemistry) Able to be dissolved.

Meaning

(chemistry) Able to be dissolved.

More Meanings

  1. Able to be solved or explained.

Example Sentences

Sugar is soluble in water.
That mystery should be easily soluble.
The new fulminate consists of a mixture of chlorate of potash, with the prussiates, soluble or unsoluble, the hyposulphites, the hypophosphites, the phosphides, the amorphous phosphorus, alone or combined.

Synonyms for soluble

Depending on context, synonyms include dissolvable, dissoluble, solvable, answerable, resolvable, meltable.

Antonyms for soluble

Common opposites include insoluble.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dissoluble, dissolvable, meltable, disintegrable, solvable, resolvable.

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