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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Soluble \Sol"u*ble\, adjective [L. solubilis, fr. solvere, solutum, to loosen, to dissolve: cf. F. soluble. See {Solve}, and cf. {Solvable}.]
1. Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water.
Sugar is . . . soluble in water and fusible in fire. --Arbuthnot.
2. Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble. ''More soluble is this knot.'' --Tennyson.
3. Relaxed; open or readily opened. [R.] ''The bowels must be kept soluble.'' --Dunglison.
{Soluble glass}. (Chem.) See under {Glass}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
soluble
adjective
1: (of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water) [ant: {insoluble}]
2: susceptible of solution or of being solved or explained; "the puzzle is soluble" [ant: {insoluble}]
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