English-Finnish translations for absorbent

Definition of absorbent

  • Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.
  • Anything which absorbs.
  • The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
  • A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining

Examples

  • Those paper towels were amazingly absorbent. That was quite a spill

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