absorbent material

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absorbent material - a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substanceabsorbentsorbent, sorbent material - a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorptionsponge - a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly usedabsorber - (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiationabsorbent cotton - cotton made absorbent by removal of the natural wax