Sorbent

Sorb  (sôrb)

n.

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

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

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sorb ¹  (sôrb)

tr.v. sorbed, sorb·ing, sorbs

To take up and hold, as by absorption or adsorption.

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[Back-formation from absorb and adsorb.]

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sorba·bili·ty n.

sorba·ble adj.

sorbent adj. & n.

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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.

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[French sorbe, sorb fruit, from Old French sourbe, from Vulgar Latin *sorba, from Latin sorbum.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sorbent - a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption sorbent material 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