dissolver

1. 1.

   a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances

   “the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution”

   Synonymssolventdissolventdissolving agentresolvent

   Broadermedium

   Narroweracetonechlorobenzenecarbolic acidcarbon tetrachloridehexanemenstruumnaphtharemoveralkahesttoluene

Other forms of dissolver

plural

dissolvers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dissolver

What does dissolver mean?

dissolver means "a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances".

How many syllables are in dissolver?

dissolver has 3 syllables: dis-sol-ver. The stress falls on "sol". In IPA it is /dɪˈzɑlvɚ/.

What is another word for dissolver?

Close synonyms include solvent, dissolvent, dissolving agent, resolvent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dissolver a common word?

dissolver is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.