Solvent Definition
sŏlvənt, sôl-
solvents
adjective
Able to pay all one's debts or meet all financial responsibilities.
Webster's New World
Capable of dissolving another substance.
American Heritage
The definition of solvent is having more assets than liabilities and something that has the power to dissolve other items.
An example of a company that is solvent is a company that makes a profit and has enough money to pay its debts.
An example of solvent is a description for a chemical that can dissolve rust.
YourDictionary
That dissolves or can dissolve another substance.
Webster's New World
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noun
solvents
A substance in which another substance is dissolved, forming a solution.
American Heritage
A substance, usually liquid, that dissolves or can dissolve another substance.
Webster's New World
Something that solves or explains; solution.
Webster's New World
That which resolves.
A solvent of mystery.
Wiktionary
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- dissolving-agent
- dissolver
- resolvent
- dissolvent
- result
- solution
- resolution
- answer
- exposition
- discovery
- enzyme
- catalyst
- chemical solution
- alkahest
- water
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Other Word Forms of Solvent
Noun
Singular:
solvent
Plural:
solvents
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