IMBIBITION

drinking, imbibing, imbibition

(noun) the act of consuming liquids

imbibition

(noun) (chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

imbibition (countable and uncountable, plural imbibitions)

The act of imbibing.

Source: Wiktionary


Im`bi*bi"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. imbibition.]

Definition: The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the post- mortem imbibition of poisons. Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

24 December 2024

INTUITIVELY

(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”


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Coffee Trivia

Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.

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