adsorb
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- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 6
/ədˈzɔːb/(UK)
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/ədˈzɔːb/(UK) · /ədˈsɔːb/(UK)
Definition of adsorb
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(physical, transitive)To accumulate on a surface, by adsorption.
“The gas was purified by adsorbing the impurities onto active carbon.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From French adsorber, from Latin ad- (“to”) + sorbeō (“suck in”).
Words you can make from adsorb
96 playable · top: ADORBS (9 pts)
Best play adorbs 9 points6-letter words
3 words5-letter words
12 words4-letter words
35 words- BADS 7 pts
- BARD 7 pts
- BODS 7 pts
- BRAD 7 pts
- DABS 7 pts
- DARB 7 pts
- DRAB 7 pts
- ARBS 6 pts
- BARS 6 pts
- BOAR 6 pts
- BOAS 6 pts
- BORA 6 pts
- BRAS 6 pts
- BROS 6 pts
- OBAS 6 pts
- ORBS 6 pts
- ROBS 6 pts
- SOBA 6 pts
- SORB 6 pts
- ADOS 5 pts
- DORS 5 pts
- DOSA 5 pts
- ODAS 5 pts
- ORAD 5 pts
- RADS 5 pts
- ROAD 5 pts
- RODS 5 pts
- SARD 5 pts
- SODA 5 pts
- SORD 5 pts
- AROS 4 pts
- OARS 4 pts
- OSAR 4 pts
- SOAR 4 pts
- SORA 4 pts
3-letter words
33 words- BAD 6 pts
- BOD 6 pts
- DAB 6 pts
- ABS 5 pts
- ARB 5 pts
- BAR 5 pts
- BAS 5 pts
- BOA 5 pts
- BOS 5 pts
- BRA 5 pts
- BRO 5 pts
- OBA 5 pts
- ORB 5 pts
- ROB 5 pts
- SAB 5 pts
- SOB 5 pts
- ADO 4 pts
- ADS 4 pts
- DAS 4 pts
- DOR 4 pts
- DOS 4 pts
- ODA 4 pts
- ODS 4 pts
- RAD 4 pts
- ROD 4 pts
- SAD 4 pts
- SOD 4 pts
- ARO 3 pts
- ARS 3 pts
- OAR 3 pts
- ORA 3 pts
- ORS 3 pts
- RAS 3 pts
2-letter words
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