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noun
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something that absorbs: Tons of high-powered absorbents were needed to clean up the oil spill.
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Absorbent
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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Word Origin & History
absorbent
1718 for both adj. and n., from L. absorbentem (nom. absorbens), prp. of absorbere (see absorb).
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American Heritage
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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