water-soluble
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈwɔːtərˈsɒljəbl/
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soluble en agua
- Many water-soluble inks can be easily washed away with water, which is ideal for temporary designs.
- water-soluble compound
- water-soluble vitamin
- water-soluble contrast
It's a good, it's a good water soluble binder.
- It's a good, it's a good water soluble binder.
- This says it smooths, hydrates, renews with a silken effect, and this is also silicone free and it's water soluble.
- And then as far as taking supplements, vitamins, those sort of things, because things like vitamin C are a water soluble vitamin.
- So if you think about all the things that we transport in our blood, sodium, electrolytes, you know, glucose, things like that, they're water soluble.
- But even with mega doses of water soluble vitamins, you can get there some neuropathy symptoms that can occur.
- Milk is fine, oil, oil soluble things, but water soluble things don't.
Examples
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You buy the water-soluble opaque paint and prepared acetate at your local art supply store.
Academic text (1995) -
For best results, choose a water-soluble adhesive to ensure a strong bond between different materials.
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"Sugar is a little crystal that we know is water soluble," she explains.
Academic text (2005) -
I think that means this is a water soluble colored pencil.
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They do not have the little water soluble symbol like these do.
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Smell doesn't detect things that are water soluble the way taste does.
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So there's a lot of water soluble nutrients.
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Corn is low in the water-soluble B vitamin niacin.
Academic text (2004) -
Thiamine is a water-soluble vitamin that is found in the husk and germ of wheat and rice.
Academic text (1992) -
Water-soluble vitamins dissolve easily in water, making them essential for various bodily functions.
Synonyms
10
3.7
Able to dissolve in a liquid, especially water
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6.5
A material that likes water and mixes with it easily
Antonyms
How Soluble
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Water-soluble combines water- and soluble, and the soluble part comes from an old word meaning 'to loosen' or 'break up', just like in dissolve. So a water-soluble thing is one that 'breaks up' in water and disappears.