Hypertext Webster Gateway: "soluble"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Soluble \Sol"u*ble\, a. [L. solubilis, fr. solvere, solutum, to
loosen, to dissolve: cf. F. soluble. See {Solve}, and cf.
{Solvable}.]
1. Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of
solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which
are not soluble in water.
Sugar is . . . soluble in water and fusible in fire.
--Arbuthnot.
2. Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic
problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or
explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble. ``More
soluble is this knot.'' --Tennyson.
3. Relaxed; open or readily opened. [R.] ``The bowels must be
kept soluble.'' --Dunglison.
{Soluble glass}. (Chem.) See under {Glass}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
soluble
adj 1: (of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent
(usually water) [ant: {insoluble}]
2: susceptible of solution or of being solved or explained;
"the puzzle is soluble" [ant: {insoluble}]
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