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sol·u·ble  audio  (sly-bl) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
  1. That can be dissolved, especially easily dissolved: soluble fats.
  2. Possible to solve or explain: soluble mysteries.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin solbilis, from Latin solvere, to loosen; see leu- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
solu·ble·ness(Noun), solu·bly(Adverb)


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