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Spell Bee Word: Dissolve


What does dissolve mean?

Word: Dissolve

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Dissolve means to mix into a liquid until it can no longer be seen; also to officially break up a group, a meeting or a parliament.

Synonyms: melt, liquefy, disperse

How do you spell dissolve?

Syllables: dis - solve

Tricky part: Do not forget the e after the v; without it the word is unfinished.

Watch out for: dissolv, dissollve, disalve

Memory tip: Dissolve ends in ve, like twelve, love and give: English words almost never end in a bare v.

Dissolve in a sentence

Example 1: Salt dissolves quickly in warm water.

Example 2: The King can dissolve Parliament before its five-year term is over.

Example 3: The fizzing tablet dissolved in a few seconds, turning the water orange.

Fun Fact

Warm water can dissolve more sugar than cold water, and it dissolves it faster too, which is why sugar vanishes quickly in hot tea but lingers at the bottom of a glass of cold lemonade.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

dissolve

a) stir
b) freeze
c) end
d) form

Show answer

c) end. To dissolve a club or a parliament is to end it.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Stir the chocolate into the warm milk until all the little pieces disolve completely.

a) pieces
b) completely
c) disolve
d) chocolate

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c) disolve. Dis is added to solve, and each part keeps its own s.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) sedimant
b) evaparate
c) condence
d) dissolve

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d) dissolve. Evaporate, condense and sediment each had one letter changed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these will dissolve in a glass of water?

a) chalk powder
b) common salt
c) iron filings
d) sawdust

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b) common salt

2. When Parliament is dissolved, what must follow?

a) a fresh general election
b) a census of the people
c) a new Constitution
d) a vote to pick a Chief Justice

Show answer

a) a fresh general election

Associated Words

Words that start with diss: dissent, dissatisfied, disseminate, dissonance

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: disperse

More words from this list

funnel, jubilant, operational, requirement, toxicologist, accreditation, bankruptcy, concerto

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