Definition of "non-water-soluble" [non-water-soluble]

• Not soluble in water (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "I once painted myself blue with non-water-soluble paint and ran around the backyard like an ancient Celt."
• "I use the side of a large offset metal spatula to scrape this patina off the countertop, which is far quicker and easier than doing it with water and a sponge which will just get gooey with non-water-soluble glutenor you can use any flat-edged metal spatula or, of course, a bench scraper, a tool made expressly for this purpose and used by bakers."
• "Since for the most part oil is non-water-soluble, scientists reasoned that it must not be that harmful to aquatic life and that whatever harm it does cause happens early on as the oil is shedding its highly volatile compounds."