absorbent material

Other forms: absorbent materials

Definitions of absorbent material

1. noun

   a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance
   synonyms: absorbent

   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