English > dissolvent: 1 sense > noun 1, substance| Meaning | A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances. |
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| Synonyms | solvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent |
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| Narrower | acetone, propanone, dimethyl ketone | The simplest ketone |
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| alkahest, alcahest, universal solvent | hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists |
| carbolic acid, phenol, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid | A toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene |
| carbon tetrachloride, carbon tet, tetrachloromethane, perchloromethane | A colorless nonflammable liquid / liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils |
| chlorobenzene | A colorless volatile flammable liquid / liquid with an almond odor that is made from chlorine and benzene |
| hexane | A colorless flammable liquid alkane derived from petroleum and used as a solvent |
| menstruum | (archaic) a solvent |
| naphtha | Any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures |
| remover | A solvent that removes a substance (usually from a surface) |
| toluene, methylbenzene | A colorless flammable liquid / liquid obtained from petroleum or coal tar |
| xylene, xylol | A colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a solvent |
| Broader | medium | An intervening substance through which something is achieved |
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| Spanish | diluyente, disolutivo, disolvente, fundente, solvente |
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| Catalan | diluent, dissolvent, fundent, resolvent, solvent |
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| Verbs | dissolve | cause to go into a solution |
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