soluble
adjective/ˈsɒljəbl/
/ˈsɑːljəbl/
- that can be dissolved (= mixed with a liquid until it forms part of that liquid) in a liquid
- soluble aspirin
- a highly soluble gas
- soluble in something Glucose is soluble in water.
- The disulphate was easily soluble in water.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- highly
- very
- easily
- …
- in
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- (formal) (of a problem) that can be solved
- The problem does not seem soluble.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin solubilis, from solvere ‘loosen, unfasten’.
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