soluble Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective (of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water)
  2. adjective susceptible of solution or of being solved or explained
    • the puzzle is soluble

WordNet

Sol"u*ble adjective
Etymology
L. solubilis, fr. solvere, solutum, to loosen, to dissolve: cf. F. soluble. See Solve, and cf. Solvable.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913