absorbent

DEFINITIONS OF: absorbent

“as absorbent as a sponge”

: absorbefacient, sorbefacient
inducing or promoting absorption; assimilating, assimilative, assimilatory
capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution; hygroscopic
absorbing moisture (as from the air); receptive
able to absorb liquid (not repellent); shock-absorbent
having the capacity to absorb the energy of an impact; spongelike, spongy
like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed; thirsty
able to take in large quantities of moisture

Antonyms:: nonabsorbent, nonabsorptive
not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids); repellent, resistant
incapable of absorbing or mixing with; show more antonyms...

Types:: sponge
a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used; absorber
(physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation; absorbent cotton
cotton made absorbent by removal of the natural wax

Type of:: sorbent, sorbent material
a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption

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