undissolved

«undissolved» in Mova's school dictionary: not dissolved: still solid in a liquid, not mixed in so… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (undissolved)

meaning for a pupil

Undissolved means not dissolved: still solid in a liquid, not mixed in so that it disappears. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on solutions and mixtures, pupils stir sugar or salt into water: if some sugar stays at the bottom, it is undissolved. A substance stays undissolved because the liquid is saturated (can't hold any more), or because the substance is insoluble, like sand. Undissolved solids can be separated by filtering. Phrases: «undissolved sugar», «undissolved solid».

examples

• Some sugar was left undissolved at the bottom of the cup. tree →
• Sand stays undissolved in water. tree →
• Filter the mixture to remove the undissolved solid. tree →
• Stir longer if there are undissolved crystals. tree →
• Warm water leaves less salt undissolved. tree →
• The undissolved tablet sat in the glass. tree →
• Record how much stayed undissolved. tree →

note

Prefix un- (not) + dissolved. «Dissolve» means mix into a liquid so you can't see it; dissolving is not melting — melting needs heat and no liquid. Mass is kept: dissolved sugar is still in the water.

In the corpora

• A filter separates an undissolved solid from a liquid.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «undissolved» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.