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Dissolvable

Dissolvable \Dis*solv"a*ble\, a. [From Dissolve, cf. Dissoluble.] Capable of being dissolved, or separated into component parts; capable of being liquefied; soluble. -- Dis*solv"a*ble*ness, n.

Though everything which is compacted be in its own nature dissolvable.
--Cudworth.

Such things as are not dissolvable by the moisture of the tongue.
--Sir I. Newton.

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dissolvable

a. Capable of being dissolved.

WordNet
dissolvable

adj. capable of dissolving [syn: dissoluble]

Usage examples of "dissolvable".

Though feeble and of such readily dissolvable texture, beche-de-mer may be regarded as among the mightiest agents in the conversion of the waste of the coral reef into mud--the sort of mud of which some of the toughest of rocks are compounded.

Waited for her to put three quick dissolvable stitches in right there in the living room.