able to take in something easily, especially liquid absorbent paper/materials/cotton
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NAmE//əbˈsɔrbənsi//
noun [uncountable] Cotton has high absorbency.See absorbent in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: absorbent