absorptive — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.

   Examples

   In practice, from that date onwards until recent times, the economic absorptive capacity of the country has been treated as the sole limiting factor […]

Noun

1. Any substance that absorbs.

Adjective

1. having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.)

   Synonyms

   absorbent

   Examples

   as absorbent as a sponge