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Absorbable Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -able

Absorbable has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface

2

Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.

See Also
milk alkali syndrome absorbably absorbability nonabsorbable unabsorbable swallow absorbed
Related Terms
Antonyms
adsorbate

Origin

This word comes from combining the verb absorb with the suffix -able. It first appeared in written English during the late 1700s.

Rhyming Words
ble able roble ruble doble fable bible buble amble gable sable noble coble moble cable table bable kable mable viable
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