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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.);
- Example: "as absorbent as a sponge"
[syn: absorbent, absorptive]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Absorptive \Ab*sorp"tive\, a.
   Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe. --E.
   Darwin.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

absorptive
    adj 1: having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up
           something (liquids or energy etc.); "as absorbent as a
           sponge" [syn: absorbent, absorptive] [ant:
           nonabsorbent, nonabsorptive]