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absorbent
CEFRB2
/əbˈsɔː.bn̩t/
adjective · noun
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Able to take in and hold liquid.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailAnything which absorbs.
Examples
Buy me a package of absorbent cotton.
Modern mops break easily and aren't absorbent at all.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 1
Also pronounced
- /əbˈzɔː.bn̩t/
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsThe vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.
noun
Extra meaningAny 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.
More examples
In contextThis towel is very absorbent.
Those paper towels were amazingly absorbent. That was quite a spill.
In the Southern Ocean the winter is not so excessively cold, but the summer is far less hot, for the clouded sky seldom allows the sun to warm the ocean, itself a bad absorbent of heat: and hence the mean temperature of the year […] is low.
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Origin
adjective
From Latin absorbēns, present active participle of absorbeō (“absorb”).