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ab·sor·bent
(əb-zôr′bənt, -sôr′-)adj.
Capable of absorbing a liquid or gas: absorbent cotton.
n.
A substance that is capable of absorbing.
ab·sor′ben·cy n.
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absorbent
(əbˈsɔːbənt; -ˈzɔː-) orabsorbant
adj
able to absorb
n
a substance that absorbs
abˈsorbency n
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ab•sorb•ent
(æbˈsɔr bənt, -ˈzɔr-)adj.
1. capable of absorbing heat, light, moisture, etc.; tending to absorb.
n. 2. a substance that absorbs.
[1710–20; < Latin]
ab•sorb′en•cy, n.
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| Noun | 1. |  absorbent - a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substancesorbent, sorbent material - a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption sponge - a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used absorber - (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation absorbent cotton - cotton made absorbent by removal of the natural wax |
| Adj. | 1. | absorbent - having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.); "as absorbent as a sponge" nonabsorbent, nonabsorptive - not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids) |
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absorbent
adjective porous, receptive, imbibing, spongy, permeable, absorptive, blotting, penetrable, pervious, assimilative The towels are highly absorbent.
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absorbent
adjectiveHaving a capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up:
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absorbent
adj → saugfähig, absorbierend
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absorb
(əbˈzoːb) verb1. to soak up. The cloth absorbed the ink I had spilled.
2. to take up the whole attention of (a person). He was completely absorbed in his book.
abˈsorbent adjective able to soak up. absorbent paper.
abˈsorption (-ˈzoːp-) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
ab·sor·bent
a. absorbente; que puede absorber.
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absorbent
adj absorbenteEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.