Salt in salt water, e.g

• Sugar in tea, e.g.
• Alka-Seltzer in water, e.g
• Substance in a chemistry experiment
• Dissolved substance, in chemistry classes
• Sugar in tea, e.g
• It's dissolved into a solvent
• Sugar in coffee, e.g.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1890, "dissolved," from Latin solutus , past participle of solvere (see solve ). In botany, "free, not adhering" (1760).

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the dissolved substance in a solution; the component of a solution that changes its state