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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption;
[syn: sorbent, sorbent material]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sorbent \Sorb"ent\, n. [L. sorbens, p. pr. of sorbere to suck
   in, to absorb.]
   An absorbent. [R.]
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sorbent
    n 1: a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the
         capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or
         adsorption [syn: sorbent, sorbent material]