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MELTABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does meltable mean?
• MELTABLE (adjective)
The adjective MELTABLE has 1 sense:
1. capable of melting
Familiarity information: MELTABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of melting
Synonyms:
disintegrable; meltable
Similar:
soluble ((of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water))
Derivation:
melt (become or cause to become soft or liquid)
melt (reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating)
Context examples
The process of forming granules using meltable binders to agglomerate dry powders under elevated temperatures resulting in granules suitable for filling or compression.
(Fluidized Hot Melt Granulation, NCI Thesaurus)
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