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absorbent absorptive

Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.) WordNet 3.0

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Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive. Wiktionary

Absorbing. Wiktionary (translation)

Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent. Wiktionary

Having capacity to imbibe. Wiktionary (translation)

As absorbent as a sponge WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

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

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

absorbent, absorptive

Wiktionary

absorbent, absorptive