absorbent

[US]/əb'zɔːb(ə)nt/
[UK]/əb'sɔrbənt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. capable of absorbing
n. absorbent

Phrases & Collocations

absorbent material

highly absorbent

super absorbent

moisture absorbent

liquid absorbent

absorbent pad

quick absorbent

absorbent capacity

absorbent cotton

absorbent paper

Example Sentences

drain on absorbent kitchen paper.

absorbent cloth that wicks moisture away from the skin; water gradually wicking up through the bricks.

The fernery starch soup showed a good colour, delicate fragrance, nutritious , digestible, absorbent, convenient.

Mainly uaed ad absorbent,refrigerant,dehydrochlorinating agent,organic fibre sweller and Catalyst & sedative in medical line.

The synthesis processes of polyethyleneglycol diacrylate cross-linker of the super absorbent polymer were studied.

Methods: A study was made of the effect of using silica gel and macroporous resin I as absorbent in column chromatography on the separation of tigogenin.

Waterleaf: Unsized and moisture-absorbent paper such as blotting paper or filter paper.

On the base of it , analyzing the technics of the Hydramine method, To give the material suggest in the selection of the absorbent of multi-hydramine and selecting the technics.

There were three types of grinding aids with different absorbent membranes: oily membrane grinding aids,aquosity membrane grinding aids and oily-aquosity membrane grinding aids.

Compared with vacuum freeze-drying,the atmospheric absorbent fluidized feeze drying is worth deeply studying and has development and application prospect.

After comparison,sodium hyposulfite is the preferred absorbent,which the resultant has no influence on the environment with sodium hyposulfite over absorbed dose.

Hemaglutinin(HA) is an important absorbent protein and effectiv protective antigen of AIV.It not only mediates AIV to adsorb and penetrate cells,but also makes the host produce immunity against AIV.

The pyrobitumen containing mostly clay mineral can be used as decolorizing and absorbing material of waste water and oil, or used as absorbent for lube-oil complementing and refining process.

Real-world Examples

I'm terrified. This is just a very absorbent suit.

Source: Friends Season 2

And I have been the absorbent capacity for that.

Source: CNN Listening Collection April 2013

More absorbent moss means less flooding downstream, but their ambitions are much bigger.

Source: BBC English Unlocked

This is a polymer that's used in diapers to help make them more absorbent.

Source: Wall Street Journal

As the fluid travels up the absorbent fibers, it will cross three separate zones, each with an important task.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

You have no idea how far absorbent technology has come.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) January 2020 Compilation

It has lost its absorbent capacity.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) January 2019 Collection

This could be due to their absorbent nature, which also leads them to being often served in a sauce.

Source: BBC Learning English (official version)

This chair's secret weapon, a super absorbent fabric dipped in a very strong repellant that lasts for six months.

Source: CNN 10 Student English February 2017 Collection

The sixteen-year-old schoolgirl from South Africa has won the grand prize at Google Science Fair for making a super absorbent material from orange peels.

Source: BBC Listening Collection October 2016

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