dissoluble
/di'sɔljubl/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Capable of being dissolved, disintegrated, or decomposed: Describes a substance that can be broken down into its components, typically by being mixed into a liquid.
- Capable of being annulled or terminated: In a formal or legal context, describes an agreement, union, or bond that can be legally ended or undone.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- Sugar is dissoluble in water. (Sugar can be dissolved in water.)
- The contract contained a dissoluble clause, allowing either party to terminate it with notice. (The contract contained a clause that could be terminated.)
- These tablets are dissoluble, making them easy to swallow. (These tablets can dissolve.)
Advanced Usage
- "dissoluble union": A partnership or marriage that can be legally dissolved.
- Some philosophers argued that marriage should not be a dissoluble union.
- "readily dissoluble": Easily or quickly able to be dissolved.
- The powder is readily dissoluble in cold liquid.
Variants and Related Words
- Dissolve (verb): To cause a solid to become incorporated into a liquid so as to form a solution; to officially end or terminate.
- Dissolve the salt in warm water.
- The parliament was dissolved.
- Dissolution (noun): The process of dissolving or the state of being dissolved; the formal ending of an assembly, partnership, or contract.
- the dissolution of sugar in coffee
- the dissolution of their business partnership
- Indissoluble (adjective): Incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, or undone; permanent.
- an indissoluble bond of friendship
Synonyms
- Soluble: Able to be dissolved, especially in a liquid.
- Disintegrable: Capable of breaking into small parts.
- Terminable: Capable of being ended.
Antonyms
- Indissoluble: Not able to be dissolved or ended.
- Insoluble: Incapable of being dissolved.
- Permanent: Lasting or intended to last indefinitely without change.
Adjective
- capable of dissolving