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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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