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dissolvable en · ADJ
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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
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Capable of being dissolved.
Forms
Antonyms
insoluble · indissoluble · undissolvable
Deriveds
nondissolvable · dissolvableness · undissolvable · indissolvable
Synonyms
dissoluble · soluble
dissolvable en · NOUN
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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
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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:
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