Definitions for soluble

soluble sol·u·ble

Spelling: [sol-yuh-buh l]
IPA: /ˈsɒl yə bəl/

Soluble is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 130 anagrams from letters in soluble (bellosu).

Definitions for soluble

noun

  1. something soluble.

adjective

  1. capable of being dissolved or liquefied:
  2. capable of being solved or explained:

Origin of soluble

1350-1400; Middle English Late Latin solūbilis, equivalent to Latin solū-, variant stem of solvere to loosen, dissolve + -bilis -ble

Examples for soluble

The lead salts not soluble in ether were decomposed by acid.

This 'pectin' is therefore a form of soluble lignocellulose.

Does this indicate that the soluble salts have been washed out?

These are white solids, soluble in water, the latter sparingly so.

All chlorides are soluble save silver and mercurous chlorides.

There is considerable hydrolysis of the lignocellulose to soluble products.

The strong compounds of earth and water are not soluble by water, but only by fire.

"From their lightness and transparency, I should imagine that they are soluble in water," I remarked.

Of its phosphates, on the other hand, only about a fourth are soluble in water.

On an average, about a third of its total nitrogen is soluble in water.

Word Value for soluble
Scrable

9

Words with friends

13

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