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absorbent

/æb'sɔrbənt/

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noun
a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance
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Similar:

absorbent material

type of:
sorbent sorbent material
adjective
having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.)
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"as absorbent as a sponge"

Similar:

absorptive receptive shock-absorbent sorbefacient spongelike spongy thirsty absorbefacient assimilating assimilative assimilatory hygroscopic

Opposite:

nonabsorbent

Examples of absorbent

"as absorbent as a sponge"