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Sorbent

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Sorb  (sôrb)
n.
A member of a Slavic people inhabiting the region of Lusatia in eastern Germany and southwest Poland. Also called Wend.

[German Sorbe, perhaps variant of Serbe, Serb, from Serbian Srb, Serb.]

sorb 1  (sôrb)
tr.v. sorbed, sorb·ing, sorbs
To take up and hold, as by absorption or adsorption.

[Back-formation from absorb and adsorb.]

sorba·bili·ty n.
sorba·ble adj.
sorbent adj. & n.

sorb 2  (sôrb)
n.
1. Any of several Old World trees of the genus Sorbus in the rose family, as the service tree or the rowan.
2. The fruit of any of these plants.

[French sorbe, sorb fruit, from Old French sourbe, from Vulgar Latin *sorba, from Latin sorbum.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sorbent - a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption
material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
absorbent, absorbent material - a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance
adsorbent, adsorbent material - a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance


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