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LIQUEFIABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does liquefiable mean?
• LIQUEFIABLE (adjective)
The adjective LIQUEFIABLE has 1 sense:
1. capable of being liquefied
Familiarity information: LIQUEFIABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being liquefied
Synonyms:
liquefiable; liquifiable
Similar:
liquid (existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow)
Derivation:
liquefy (become liquid or fluid when heated)
liquefy (make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating)
liquefy (become liquid)
Context examples
An unctuous, combustible substance which is liquid, or easily liquefiable, on warming, and is soluble in ether but insoluble in water.
(Oil Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The organic compounds constituting the esters of glycerol and fatty acids and their associated organic groups that are produced by a plant, or any of its component parts, that are generally slippery, combustible, liquid or liquefiable at room temperatures, soluble in various organic solvents such as ether but not in water.
(Plant Oil, Food and Drug Administration)
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