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absorbent

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

ab=sorb=ent

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun absorbent has 1 sense

absorbent(n = noun.substance) absorbent material - a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance; Array

is a kind of sorbent, sorbent material

has particulars: sponge, absorber, absorbent cotton

Derived form verb absorb₁

Adjective absorbent has 1 sense

absorbent(a = adj.all) absorptive - having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.); "as absorbent as a sponge"

Derived forms verb absorb₁, verb absorb₆, noun absorbency₁

Antonym: nonabsorbent

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CIDE DICTIONARY

absorbent, a. [L. absorbens, p. pr. of absorbere.].

Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive. [1913 Webster]

Absorbent ground (Paint.), a ground prepared for a picture, chiefly with distemper, or water colors, by which the oil is absorbed, and a brilliancy is imparted to the colors.

absorbent, n.

Anything which absorbs. [1913 Webster]
"The ocean, itself a bad absorbent of heat." [1913 Webster]
Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts. [1913 Webster]
The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

absorbent, adj. & n.
--adj. having a tendency to absorb (esp. liquids).
--n.
1 an absorbent substance.
2 any of the vessels in plants and animals (e.g. root tips) that absorb nutriment.

Derivative

absorbency n.

Etymology

L absorbent- f. absorbere ABSORB

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THESAURUS

absorbent

absorbency, absorption, adsorbent, adsorption, assimilation, blotter, blotting, blotting paper, chemisorption, chemosorption, digestion, endosmosis, engrossment, exosmosis, infiltration, osmosis, percolation, seepage, sorption, sponge, sponging

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absorbent

Reception

N reception, admission, admittance, entree, importation, introduction, intromission, immission, ingestion, imbibation, introception, absorption, ingurgitation, inhalation, suction, sucking, eating, drinking, insertion, interjection, introit, admitting, admitted, admissable, absorbent.

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