Absorbent Definition

əb-zôrbənt, -sôr-
absorbents
adjective
Capable of absorbing a liquid or gas.
Absorbent cotton.
American Heritage
Capable of absorbing moisture, light rays, etc.
Webster's New World

Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive. [First attested in the early 18th century.]

Those paper towels were amazingly absorbent. That was quite a spill.
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noun
absorbents
A substance that is capable of absorbing.
American Heritage
A thing or substance that absorbs.
Webster's New World

Anything which absorbs. [First attested in the early 18th century.]

Wiktionary

(physiology, pluralized, now rare) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]

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(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.

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absorbent
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absorbents

Origin of Absorbent

  • From Latin absorbēns, present active participle of absorbeō (“absorb”).

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Absorbent Sentence Examples

  • In special cases, such as the preparation of edible oils and fats, a further improvement in colour and greater purity is obtained by filtering the oils over charcoal, or over natural absorbent earths, such as fuller's earth.

  • It will become more absorbent each time, for the first 10 washes.

  • Large quantities of ground mica are used in the manufacture of wall-paper, and to produce a frosted effect on toys, stage scenery, &c. Powdered mica is also used in the manufacture of paints and paper, as a lubricant, and as an absorbent of nitro-glycerine and disinfectants.

  • During this season the rivers, which are roaring torrents throughout the monsoon, are almost all lost in the dry, absorbent plains.

  • The damping of all absorbent surfaces, such as the floors or bare walls, &c., is frequently necessary several times a day in the growing season, so as to keep up a humid atmosphere; hence the advantage of laying the floors a little rounded, as then the water draws off to the sides against the kerbstone, while the centre remains dry for promenaders.

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