absorbent

[ ab-sawr-buh nt, -zawr- ]

/ æbˈsɔr bənt, -ˈzɔr- /

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adjective

capable of absorbing heat, light, moisture, etc.; tending to absorb.

noun

something that absorbs: Tons of high-powered absorbents were needed to clean up the oil spill.

Origin of absorbent

First recorded in 1710–20, absorbent is from the Latin word absorbent- (stem of absorbēns, present participle of absorbēre). See absorb, -ent

OTHER WORDS FROM absorbent

ab·sorb·en·cy, noun non·ab·sorb·en·cy, noun non·ab·sorb·ent, adjective, noun pre·ab·sorb·ent, adjective, noun

sem·i·ab·sorb·ent, adjective un·ab·sorb·ent, adjective

Words nearby absorbent

absorbable suture, absorbance, absorbed, absorbed dose, absorbefacient, absorbent, absorbent cotton, absorbent vessel, absorber, absorbing, absorbing well

Example sentences from the Web for absorbent

There is a smell of death about him now; no hospital deodorants or rubber gloves or absorbent pads can take it away.

Adam Hochschild on Keeping Company With His Dying Father |Adam Hochschild |June 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Remove from oil and let cool on absorbent towels to remove excess grease and reserve.

Celeb Chefs’ Favorite BBQ Recipes |Jacquelynn D. Powers |July 1, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Strips of gauze or absorbent cotton saturated with the solution should now be applied and renewed only occasionally.

Special Report on Diseases of the Horse |United States Department of Agriculture
Can they forget the absorbent powers of carpet tissues, and the horrors of next morning to non-smokers, perhaps to ladies?

Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce |E. R. Billings.

A rubber hot-water bag was filled with absorbent cotton containing all the nitroglycerin it would hold.

Dynamite Stories |Hudson Maxim
When this thick manner of painting is adopted, an absorbent canvas should always be used.

The Practice and Science Of Drawing |Harold Speed
The absorbent cotton in my ears was transformed into gun-cotton, so explosive the insistent drumming of the motor-engine.

Unicorns |James Huneker

British Dictionary definitions for absorbent

absorbent

/ (əbˈsɔːbənt, -ˈzɔː-) /

adjective

able to absorb

noun

a substance that absorbs

Derived forms of absorbent

absorbency, noun

Medical definitions for absorbent

absorbent

[ əb-zôr′bənt ]

adj.

Capable of absorption; able to absorb.

Other words from absorbent

ab•sorb′ent n.

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absorbent

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adjective

noun

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adj.

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absorbent

adjective

noun

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adjective

noun

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adj.

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