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absorbent

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BASF Adsorbents
Cost-efficiently minimize moisture and reduce operational costs.
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SpillKlenz Odor Absorbent
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Natural Oil Absorbents
Enviroment-friendly Oil absorbents made from Coconuts.
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ab⋅sorb⋅ent

  [ab-sawr-buhnt, -zawr-]
Use absorbent in a Sentence
–adjective
1. capable of absorbing heat, light, moisture, etc.; tending to absorb.
–noun
2. something that absorbs: Tons of high-powered absorbents were needed to clean up the oil spill.
Origin:
1710–20; < L absorbent- (s. of absorbēns, prp. of absorbēre). See absorb, -ent

Related forms:
ab⋅sorb⋅en⋅cy, noun
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BASF Adsorbents
Cost-efficiently minimize moisture and reduce operational costs.
www.catalysts.basf.com/adsorbents
SpillKlenz Odor Absorbent
Odor Spill Absorbent For Vomit, Urine, Etc.
www.OdorKlenz.com
ab·sor·bent   (əb-sôr'bənt, -zôr'-)   
adj.  Capable of absorbing: absorbent cotton.
n.  A substance that is capable of absorbing.
ab·sor'ben·cy n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ab·sor·bent
Variant: also ab·sor·bant /-b&nt/
Function: adjective
: able to absorb absorbent region of the alimentary canal> —absorbent also absorbant noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

absorbent ab·sorb·ent (əb-sôr'bənt, -zôr'-)
adj.
Capable of absorption; able to absorb.

ab·sorb'ent n.

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