Australian English Meaning of absorbent
absorbent
Other Australian English words related to absorbent
Nearest Words of absorbent
- absorbent cotton => Absorbent cotton
- absorbent material => Absorbent material
- absorber => absorber
- absorbing => absorbent
- absorbition => absorption
- absorpt => absorbent
- absorptance => absorptance
- absorption => absorption
- absorption band => Absorption band
- absorption coefficient => Absorption coefficient
Definitions and Meaning of absorbent in English
absorbent (n)
a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance
absorbent (a)
having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.)
absorbent (a.)
Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
absorbent (n.)
Anything which absorbs.
Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
FAQs About the word absorbent
absorbent
a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance, having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.)
spongy,Thirsty,Boozy,osmotic
non-absorbent
absorbency => Absorbency, absorbefacient => Absorbent, absorbedly => absorbedly, absorbed => absorbed, absorbate => absorb,
