01 a. Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water.
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Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water.“Sugar is . . . soluble in water and fusible in fire.” — Arbuthnot.
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2.
Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble.
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3.
Relaxed; open or readily opened.[R.]
Phrases & compounds
Soluble glass —
See under Glass.