solvent
A fluid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.
Other meanings
That which resolves.
Synonyms
- dissolving agent
A kind of
- medium
Kinds of solvent
- acetone
- universal solvent
Related words
- cash solvent
- solvent abuse
- solvent abuser
- solvent extraction
- Stoddard solvent
- universal solvent
- antisolvent
- biosolvent
- cosolvent
- cryosolvent
- desolventizing
- nonsolvent
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "solventem".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “solvent” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.