Associations to the word «Absorptive»

Wiktionary

ABSORPTIVE, adjective. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]

Dictionary definition

ABSORPTIVE, adjective. Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.); "as absorbent as a sponge".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King