noun, adjective
noun [U,C] a substance, especially a liquid, that can dissolve another substance:
industrial solvents for removing oil * solvent cleaners
Part of speech: adjective
1 [notusuallybeforenoun] having enough money to pay your debts; not in debt:
The company managed to remain solvent during the recession.
OPPINSOLVENT
2 (technical) able to dissolve another substance, or be dissolved in another substance:
Lead is more solvent in acidic water.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for solvent is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is solvent a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, solvent is tagged as adjective.
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