absorbent
UK/əbˈsɔː.bn̩t//æbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/
absorbent adjective: having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.
Adjective
absorbent (comparative more absorbent, superlative most absorbent)
- Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.
- Those paper towels were amazingly absorbent. That was quite a spill.
Noun
absorbent (plural absorbents)
- Anything which absorbs.
- 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.1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle, page 225, Forgotten Books
- The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
- Any 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.
- A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining.
absorbent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
absorbent in Hindi
- सोखने वाला, शोषक, निगलने वाला, अवशोषक पदार्थ, अवशोषी
absorbent in Tamil
- உறிஞ்சி, உறிஞ்சு பொருள், பரப்புக் கவர்வான், உட்கவர்ப்பி
absorbent in Urdu
- جاذب
absorbent in Bengali
- শোষক, শোষণক্ষম
More languagesFewer languages
- absorbent in Malayalam
- അവശോഷകം, വലിച്ചെടുക്കാനാകുന്ന, ശ്രദ്ധേയമായ, ആകർഷണീയമായ
- absorbent in Kannada
- ಹೀರುಗ, ಹೀರುಕ, ಹೀರಕ, ಸೀಪಿಕ
- absorbent in Arabic
- مُمْتَصّ mumtaṣṣ
- absorbent in Persian
- درآشامنده dâr-âšâmende, جذبکننده jazb-konande
Examples of absorbent in a sentence
- Dri Fresh Resolve (Sirane Ltd.) is an absorbent meat pad with a breathable surface.
- Fitted diapers are made from absorbent fabrics, usually cotton or hemp.
- Scrubs made from grains are very exfoliating and absorbent and are good for oily and dirty skin.
Forms of absorbent
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more absorbent |
| superlative | most absorbent |
| Noun | |
| plural | absorbents |
Origin of absorbent
From Latin absorbēns, present active participle of absorbeō (“absorb”). By surface analysis, absorb + -ent.
Words formed from absorbent
Phrases with absorbent
Questions about absorbent
- What does absorbent mean?
- Absorbent means having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.
- What is absorbent in Hindi?
- Absorbent in Hindi is सोखने वाला, शोषक, निगलने वाला. See Absorbent meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is absorbent?
- Absorbent can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce absorbent?
- Absorbent is pronounced /əbˈsɔː.bn̩t/ (UK).
Words near absorbent in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: absorbent (page history and authors); absorbent (Hindi Wiktionary) (page history and authors); absorbent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); absorbent (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); absorbent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); absorbent (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); absorbent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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