Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun adsorbate

1 sense of adsorbate

Sense 1
adsorbate -- (a material that has been or is capable of being adsorbed)
       => sorbate -- (a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption)

Similarity of adj adsorbate

1 sense of adsorbate

Sense 1
adsorbable (vs. absorbable), adsorbate -- (capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid)