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- Dictionaryabsorbent/əbˈzɔːb(ə)nt/
adjective
- 1. (of a material) able to soak up liquid easily: "absorbent kitchen paper"
noun
- 1. a substance that soaks up liquid easily.
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ABSORBENT definition: 1. able to take liquid in through the surface and to hold it: 2. able to take liquid in through…. Learn more.
: able to absorb. as absorbent as a sponge. absorbent noun. or less commonly absorbant. Synonyms. bibulous. spongy. thirsty. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of absorbent in a Sentence. highly absorbent material that is really good for wiping off automobiles.
ABSORBENT meaning: 1. able to take liquid in through the surface and to hold it: 2. able to take liquid in through…. Learn more.
Definition of absorbent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Absorbent definition: capable of absorbing heat, light, moisture, etc.; tending to absorb. . See examples of ABSORBENT used in a sentence.
1. capable of absorbing moisture, light rays, etc. noun. 2. a thing or substance that absorbs. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Definitions of absorbent. adjective. having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.) “as absorbent as a sponge” synonyms: absorptive. absorbefacient, sorbefacient. inducing or promoting absorption. assimilating, assimilative, assimilatory. capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution.
ABSORBENT definition: An absorbent substance can take liquids in through its surface and hold them.. Learn more.
(medicine) 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.
Define absorbent. absorbent synonyms, absorbent pronunciation, absorbent translation, English dictionary definition of absorbent. adj. Capable of absorbing a liquid or gas: absorbent cotton. n. A substance that is capable of absorbing. ab·sor′ben·cy n.
