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ABSORBENT MATERIAL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance

Synonyms:

absorbent; absorbent material

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("absorbent material" is a kind of...):

sorbent; sorbent material (a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "absorbent material"):

sponge (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)

absorber ((physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation)

absorbent cotton (cotton made absorbent by removal of the natural wax)

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