ABSORBATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does absorbate mean? 

• ABSORBATE (noun)
  The noun ABSORBATE has 1 sense:

1. a material that has been or is capable of being absorbed

  Familiarity information: ABSORBATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABSORBATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A material that has been or is capable of being absorbed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("absorbate" is a kind of...):

sorbate (a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption)

Derivation:

absorb (become imbued)