solvent
solvent is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent merchant; the estate is solvent.
- 2.A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in, solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the appropriate solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether of fats, and mercury or acids of metal, etc.
- 3.That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- alkahest
- analysis
- analytical
- analyze
- apozem
- break
- catalysis
- catalytic
- colliquation
- colliquative
- colliquefaction
- condense
- corruption
- crumble
- decentralize
- decompose
- decomposed
- decomposition
- decompound
- deliquation
- deliquesce
- deliquescence
- deliquescent
- disembody
- disintegration
- disjunction
- disperse
- dispersion
- dissect
- dissection
- dissolution
- dissolve
- dust
- electrolyze
- flux
- heat
- hold
- infusion
- into
- its
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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