SORBATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sorbate mean? 

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

1. a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SORBATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sorbate"):

absorbate (a material that has been or is capable of being absorbed)

adsorbate (a material that has been or is capable of being adsorbed)