absorptive
Adjective
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Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.) (synset 300006354)
"as absorbent as a sponge"tells us about: absorbency - the property of being absorbentsimilar to:
- absorbefacient, sorbefacient - inducing or promoting absorption
- assimilating, assimilative, assimilatory - capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution
- hygroscopic - absorbing moisture (as from the air)
- receptive - able to absorb liquid (not repellent)
- shock-absorbent - having the capacity to absorb the energy of an impact
- spongelike, spongy - like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed
- thirsty - able to take in large quantities of moisture
same as: absorbent
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