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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sorbate \Sor"bate\, n. [Cf. F. sorbate. See Sorbic.] (Chem.)
   A salt of sorbic acid.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sorbate
    n 1: a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by
         another substance by either absorption or adsorption