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dissolvable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English dissolve Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English dissolvable From dissolve + -able.

Meanings

  1. Capable of being dissolved.

Forms

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more dissolvable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most dissolvable Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

insoluble · indissoluble · undissolvable

Deriveds

nondissolvable · dissolvableness · undissolvable · indissolvable

Synonyms

dissoluble · soluble

dissolvable en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English dissolve Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English dissolvable From dissolve + -able.

Meanings

  1. Something that can be dissolved, especially a form of tobacco that dissolves in the mouth instead of being chewed.
    • Disposables and dissolvables may soon lessen the need to return goods which have been used or worked with. 1965, Marshall B. Kreidberg, Herman H. Field, Problems of Pediatric Hospital Design:

Forms

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dissolvables Number=Plur lexicographic