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Word: Dissolvent
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 17th century: from Latin dissolvent- ‘dissolving’, from the verb dissolvere (see dissolve)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dɪˈzɒlv(ə)nt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a substance that dissolves something else
Short Definition:substance that dissolves something else
Examples:- the experience of death could strengthen family ties, rather than act as a dissolvent
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