Solvent
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Description
Strictly speaking, a solvent is a substance, usually liquid, in which another substance, a solute, has been dissolved, forming a solution. In popular parlance, a solvent is capable of dissolving a solute without necessarily having done so. For example, water is a solvent for salt.
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