Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.

A material that can be absorbed.

plural of absorbable

The state or quality of being absorbable.

Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest. / (statistics, of a state) Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.

present participle of absorb

A device which causes gas or vapor to be absorbed by a liquid. / (nuclear physics) A material that absorbs neutrons in a reactor. / A person who absorbs.

(obsolete) The action of absorbing. / The quality of being absorbent. / (physics) The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent.

Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.

(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.