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Absorbent
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ab·sorb·ent 
[ab-sawr-buhnt, -zawr-] Pronunciation Key
[ab-sawr-buhnt, -zawr-] Pronunciation Key –adjective
–noun
| 1. | capable of absorbing heat, light, moisture, etc.; tending to absorb. |
| 2. | something that absorbs: Tons of high-powered absorbents were needed to clean up the oil spill. |
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| ab·sor·bent
(əb-sôr'bənt, -zôr'-) Pronunciation Key
adj. Capable of absorbing: absorbent cotton. n. A substance that is capable of absorbing. ab·sor'ben·cy n. |
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| absorbent | |
adjective | |
| 1. | having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.); "as absorbent as a sponge" [ant: nonabsorbent] |
noun | |
| 1. | a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance [syn: absorbent material] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Absorbent
Ab*sorb"ent\, a. [L. absorbens, p. pr. of absorbere.] Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive. Absorbent ground (Paint.), a ground prepared for a picture, chiefly with distemper, or water colors, by which the oil is absorbed, and a brilliancy is imparted to the colors.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Absorbent
Ab*sorb"ent\, n. 1. Anything which absorbs. The ocean, itself a bad absorbent of heat. --Darwin. 2. (Med.) 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. 3. pl. (Physiol.) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
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