Sekirov Dictionary

insoluble

UK /ɪnˈsɒljʊbəl/US /ɪnˈsɑljəbəl/

adjective 4
noun 1
forms 3

adjective4

•
That cannot be dissolved.
- Petroleum is largely insoluble in water.
That cannot be broken down or dispersed.
•
That cannot be solved.
- This dispute, as already stated was insoluble in the ideological context in which it took place. — 1978
That cannot be explained.

noun1

•
Any substance that cannot be dissolved.
- As there is a partial vacuum inside the drum, the liquid is sucked inside the drum and the insolubles are deposited on the outer surface of the membrane filter. — 2006

forms

insolubles · more insoluble · most insoluble

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