sorb
English Thesaurus
1. acid gritty-textured fruit (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | edible fruit, |
| definition | : | edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh (noun.food) |
2. take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | change state, turn, |
| definition | : | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | absorb, |
| definition | : | become imbued (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | adsorb, |
| definition | : | accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | chemisorb, |
| definition | : | take up a substance by chemisorption (verb.contact) |
| domain category | : | chemical science, chemistry, |
| definition | : | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | sorption, |
| definition | : | the process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption) (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | sorbent, sorbent material, |
| definition | : | a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption (noun.substance) |
| derivation | : | sorption, |
| definition | : | the process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption) (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | sorbent, sorbent material, |
| definition | : | a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption (noun.substance) |
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