uptake | English to English Dictionary

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uptake

('/@/p,t/eI/k )

the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)(noun.act)

Synonym:
consumption, ingestion, intake

source: wordnet30
a process of taking up or using up or consuming(noun.process)

Example:
They developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids.

source: wordnet30
The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.(noun)

source: webster1913

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