Why is water called a universal solvent?

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An important property of water is its ability to dissolve many substances.
It can dissolve many solids (like salt, sugar), liquids (like acetic acid, ethanol) and gases (like oxygen, carbon-dioxide).
Since water dissolves a large number of substances, so it is called a universal solvent.

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