See Also: launderette(dictionary)
launderette(dictionary)

soluble (iou) and launderette (oh)


soluble (iou)



soluble adjective & noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French from late Latin solubilis, from Latin solvere SOLVE: see -UBLE.]
A. adjective.
Medicine.
a. Of the bowels etc.: free from constipation. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
b. Laxative. E16-E18.
Able or intended to be dissolved, esp. in water. Formerly also, able to be melted. LME.
soluble blue any of various water-soluble dyes that are di- and trisulphonic acid Derivatives of aniline blue, now used chiefly in papers and inks. soluble RNA = transfer RNA s.v. TRANSFER noun.
E. Ambler I gave her some soluble aspirin and left.
Able to be untied or loosed. rare. E17.
Able to be solved or explained. E18.
b. Math. = SOLVABLE 2b. E20.
Able to be resolved, reducible. E19.
O. W. Holmes Love is sparingly soluble in the words of men.
b. noun. A soluble constituent, esp. of a foodstuff. M20.

launderette (oh)



[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: launder]
a place where you can go to wash your clothes in machines that work when you put coins in them