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| type | a |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.) |
| examples | as absorbent as a sponge |
| Outgoing links | |
| Attribute | absorbency |
| Derivationally related form | absorptive → absorb; absorptive → absorb; absorptive → absorptivity |
| Derivationally related form | absorbent → absorbency; absorbent → absorb; absorbent → absorb |
| Antonym | absorbent → nonabsorbent |
| Similar to | absorbefacient, sorbefacient; assimilating, assimilative, assimilatory; hygroscopic; receptive; shock-absorbent; spongy, spongelike; thirsty |
| Incoming links | |
| Similar to | absorbefacient, sorbefacient; assimilating, assimilative, assimilatory; hygroscopic; receptive; shock-absorbent; spongy, spongelike; thirsty |
| Antonym | nonabsorbent → absorbent |
| Derivationally related form | absorbency → absorbent; absorb → absorbent; absorb → absorbent |
| Attribute | absorbency |
| Derivationally related form | absorptivity → absorptive; absorb → absorptive; absorb → absorptive |
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