absorbent material
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1. a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | 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) |
| hyponym | : | sponge, |
| definition | : | a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | absorber, |
| definition | : | (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | absorbent cotton, |
| definition | : | cotton made absorbent by removal of the natural wax (noun.substance) |
| derivation | : | absorb, |
| definition | : | become imbued (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | absorb, |
| definition | : | become imbued (verb.contact) |
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