absorbate
noun
ab·sorb·ate
-bə̇t,
-ˌbāt
plural -s
: an absorbed substance (such as a gas absorbed in a liquid)
Word History
Etymology
absorb + -ate entry 1
First Known Use
1921, in the meaning defined above
- gentleman of fortune
- gentleman's agreement
- gentleman's club
- gentleman's sorrel
- gentleman's-cane
- gentleman's-canes
- gentleman-at-arms
- gentleman-commoner
- gentleman-pensioner
- gentleman-ranker
- gentleman-usher
- gentleman-usher of the black rod
- gentlemanlike
- gentlemanlikeness
- gentlemanlikenesses
- gentlemanliness
- gentlemanlinesses
- gentlemanly
- gentlemen
- gentlemen cows
- gentlemen farmers
- gentlemen friends
- gentlemen's agreement
- gentlemen-and-ladies
- gentlemen-at-arms