English Explanatory Dictionary

absorptive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
noun
  1. Any substance that absorbs.

Pronunciation

/æbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/ /əbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/ /əbˈzɔɹp.tɪv/ /æbˈzɔɹp.tɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-absorptive.wav

Word forms

absorptive more absorptive most absorptive absorptives

Etymology

From absorb + -tive.

Derived words

absorptively absorptiveness absorptivity hyperabsorptive immunoabsorptive isoabsorptive malabsorptive nonabsorptive postabsorptive preabsorptive reabsorptive
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