absorb
verb (used with object)
to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up.
absorbable
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a word derived from
absorb.
Example Sentences
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She suggests foods which contain absorbable iron like red meat, chicken, liver and fish.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
Jefferies Financial Group says potential losses from its exposure to First Brands through Point Bonita Capital are ‘readily absorbable.’
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
One solution could be to eat iron-rich plant foods with foods high in vitamin C, such as orange juice, which helps to convert iron to a more absorbable form.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2023
For example, fermentation not only produces a better-textured, more flavorful loaf of bread than quick industrial baking processes, but it can make nutrients in the flour more absorbable by our bodies.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
The spectroscope was formed entirely of fluor-spar, and a vacuum had been created in it, for these radiations are extremely absorbable by the air.
From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Lucien Poincaré
