soluble

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   susceptible of solution or of being solved or explained

   The puzzle is soluble.

2. 2
   adj

   Able to be dissolved.

   Sugar is soluble in water.

3. 3
   adj

   Able to be solved or explained.

   That mystery should be easily soluble.

4. 4
   adj

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

From Middle English soluble, from Old French soluble, from Late Latin solūbilis, from Latin solvere (“to loosen”) + -bilis. Piecewise doublet of solvable.

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