Definition of SORPTION

sorption

Plural: sorptions

Noun

  • The process where a substance takes up or absorbs another.
  • the process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption)
  • Either of the processes of absorption and adsorption; sorbing.

Examples

  • The board’s dry run of consonants felt like a SORPTION of all the good vowels, leaving him with nothing.

Origin / Etymology

Back-formation from absorption; representing Latin sorbeō (“I suck in”).

Scrabble Score: 10

sorption: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
sorption: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sorption: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

sorption: valid Words With Friends Word