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1. Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.)
   "as absorbent as a sponge"
   - absorptive

1. A material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance
   - absorbent material

Derived forms: absorbents

See also: absorb, absorbefacient, absorbency, assimilating, assimilative, assimilatory, hygroscopic, receptive, shock-absorbent, sorbefacient, spongelike, spongy, thirsty

Type of: sorbent, sorbent material

Antonym: nonabsorbent

Encyclopedia: Absorbent