insoluble

3 definitions found

insoluble - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Insoluble \In*sol"u*ble\, a. [L. insolubilis indissoluble, that
     can not be loosed: cf. F. insoluble. See In- not, and
     Soluble, and cf. Insolvable.]
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     1. Not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved,
        as by a liquid; as, chalk is insoluble in water.
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     2. Not to be solved or explained; insolvable; as, an
        insoluble doubt, question, or difficulty.
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     3. Strong. "An insoluble wall." [Obs.] --Holland
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insoluble - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  insoluble
      adj 1: (of a substance) incapable of being dissolved [syn:
             insoluble, indissoluble] [ant: soluble]
      2: admitting of no solution or explanation; "an insoluble doubt"
         [ant: soluble]
      3: without hope of solution; "an insoluble problem"

insoluble - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "insoluble":
     coherent, cohesive, enwrapped in mystery, impartible, indefinable,
     indiscerptible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indivisible,
     inexplicable, inextricable, infrangible, infusible, inseparable,
     insolvable, mysterious, mystic, unaccountable, undefinable,
     undividable, unexplainable, unified, uninterpretable, unsolvable