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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; 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
CIDE DICTIONARY
absorbent, a. [L. absorbens, p. pr. of absorbere.].
Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive. [1913 Webster]
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]
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.
--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
THESAURUS
absorbent
absorbency, absorption, adsorbent, adsorption, assimilation, blotter, blotting, blotting paper, chemisorption, chemosorption, digestion, endosmosis, engrossment, exosmosis, infiltration, osmosis, percolation, seepage, sorption, sponge, spongingROGET THESAURUS
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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