Usually means: Substance that dissolves another substance.
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We found 65 dictionaries that define the word solvent:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. solvent: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. solvent: Merriam-Webster
  3. solvent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. solvent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. solvent: Collins English Dictionary
  6. solvent: Vocabulary.com
  7. Solvent, solvent: Wordnik
  8. solvent: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. solvent: Wiktionary
  10. solvent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. solvent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. solvent: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. solvent: Dictionary.com
  14. solvent (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. solvent: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Solvent (disambiguation), Solvent (producer), Solvent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Solvent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. solvent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. solvent: Rhymezone
  20. Solvent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. solvent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. solvent: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. solvent: FreeDictionary.org
  24. solvent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. solvent: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. solvent: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Solvent: Health & Beauty Glossary
  3. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)
  4. -solvent: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. solvent: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  7. solvent: Legal dictionary
  8. solvent: Financial dictionary
  9. Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)
  10. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. solvent: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. solvent: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Solvent: Merck Manuals
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. solvent: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  6. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  7. solvent: Medical dictionary

Science (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Chemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Solvent: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry
  3. Solvent: Material Safety Data Sheets HyperGlossary
  4. Archeological Collections Glossary (No longer online)
  5. General Chemistry Online (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of chlorine and other chemical related terms (No longer online)
  7. solvent: UNCChem Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. solvent: Urban Dictionary

Tech (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Solvent: Beauty & Health Glossary
  3. National Glass Association Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Oil Analysis (No longer online)
  6. Water-Science Glossary of Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See solventless as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A fluid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.
noun:  That which resolves.
adjective:  (finance) Able to pay all debts as they become due, and having no more liabilities than assets.
adjective:  Having the power of dissolving; causing solution.

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