Associations to the word «Absorber»

Wiktionary

ABSORBER, noun. A device which causes gas or vapor to be absorbed by a liquid. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
ABSORBER, noun. A person that absorbs. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
ABSORBER, noun. (nuclear physics) A material that absorbs neutrons in a reactor.

Dictionary definition

ABSORBER, noun. (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats