definition of the word absorbent

• IPA: /əbs"ɔː(r)bənt/
• SAMPA: /@bs'O:(r)b@nt/
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Latin absorbens, past preterite of absorbere.

absorbent (comparative more absorbent, superlative most absorbent)

1. absorbing liquids; swallowing; absorptive.

   Those paper towels were amazingly absorbent. That was quite a spill.

• absorbent ground (painting) a ground prepared for a picture, chiefly with distemper, or water colors, by which the oil is absorbed, and a brilliancy is imparted to the colors.

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