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SORBENT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

sorbent; sorbent material

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("sorbent" is a kind of...):

material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)

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

absorbent; absorbent material (a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance)

adsorbent; adsorbent material (a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance)

Derivation:

sorb (take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption)

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