sorbent material
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption
Types & categories
- material hypernym
- absorbent material hyponym
- adsorbent hyponym
Related & opposite
- sorb derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sorb |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | material |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | absorbent material |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | adsorbent |