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dissolver

dissolver

1 7.1
A liquid that makes another thing break into tiny parts and mix with it, like water or alcohol
  • noun
  • /dɪˈzɑlvər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : disolvente
  • You need a strong dissolver to mix these compounds properly in the lab.

This is a mascara melt off cleansing oil waterproof mascara dissolver.

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Examples

  • The chemist prepared a special dissolver to create a solution for her experiment.

  • This powerful dissolver can break down tough stains in just a few minutes.

  • As for the "pepper" treatment, I did not see where it was a clot dissolver?

    Blog text (7)

  • Nor the oiliness that would mark some of the more powerful flesh-dissolvers.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Fifth race winner 10-j, dissolver, Michael winkler, the rider, and that favorite paid $5.40.

    The Fan (1981)

  • The reason is not far to seek: democracy is the dissolver of ideologies, of traditional beliefs and values that alone can endow people with a sense of solidarity and purpose.

    Academic text (1991)

Synonyms

solvent
vsdissolver
  • Specialized
33 4.9

A liquid that dissolves other substances to make a solution

focuses on ability often with the idea of forming a solution
dissolving agent
vsdissolver
  • Specialized
4.3

Liquid that makes other materials become part of it, like water

is stated by ability to do this rather than naming the actor
dissolvent
vsdissolver
  • Specialized
8.1

A liquid that dissolves other substances in chemistry

is the general ability to cause mixing, not the process use
resolvent
vsdissolver
  • Specialized
9.2

A liquid that dissolves things, often used in labs

is a neutral term for the same liquid without technical emphasis

Surface Forms

dissolver singular
dissolvers plural

Morphology

dissolver = dissolve (transparent) = dissolve + er

Formed by the verb 'dissolve' plus the productive agent/instrument suffix '-er'; the meaning (something that dissolves) is directly derivable.

Etymology

Dissolver comes from the Latin parts dis- meaning 'apart' and solvere meaning 'to loosen', and you can see the same root in solve and solution. So a dissolver is something that 'loosens apart' a material so it breaks up and mixes into a liquid.