You could easily test this for yourself by simply wrapping a towel around your head and seeing if it gets quieter. The answer is "Yes; towel does absorb sound." The supplementary answer is "... but you need quite a thick layer for it to be reasonably effective."
No they most definitely do not absorb sound
Cotton absorb sound because it has small area that sound penetrate and doesn't reflect .
it absorbs sound well
Usually, stuff that is soft will absorb sound.answ2. Sound is a vibration of air molecules, and anything that may be made to absorb energy from the molecules will absorb sound. If the material has soft fibres, and can allow the sound to penetrate easily, (is porous) then the collision of sound molecules with the fibres, will transfer the energy from the molecules to the inelastic fibres, where it will be dissipated as heat.
no, they absorb it or the sound waves bounce off.
Yes, the word "towel" has a short vowel sound, specifically the "ow" sound, pronounced like "ou" in "cow".
Bounty absorb water the faster
No they most definitely do not absorb sound
Bounty paper towel
No, concrete does not absorb sound as it very dense.
towel, rice, tissue
a lot i guess
scott
It does a lot It does a lot
Yes. The thicker the paper towel the more water it can absorb.
reverberants
the similarity is: they both absorb water!