absorbent (a)
absorptive (a)

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type a
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def having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.)
examples as absorbent as a sponge
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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
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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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