| VERB | contact | sorb, take up | take up a liquid / liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOUN | food | sorb, sorb apple | acid gritty-textured fruit |
| Meaning | acid gritty-textured fruit. | |
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| Synonym | sorb apple | |
| Part of | service tree, sorb apple, sorb apple tree, Sorbus domestica | medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit |
| Broader | edible fruit | edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh |
| Spanish | serba | |
| Catalan | serva | |
| Meaning | take up a liquid / liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | take up | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Narrower | absorb | Become imbued |
| adsorb | accumulate (liquids / liquids or gases) on the surface | |
| chemisorb | take up a substance by chemisorption | |
| Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
| Nouns | sorbent | a material that sorbs another substance |
| sorption | the process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption) | |
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