PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an absorbent body having elasticity in a plurality of directions.SOLUTION: The absorbent body according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first elastic member, a second elastic member, and an absorbing member laminated between the first elastic member and the second elastic member, where the first elastic member forms, together with the second elastic member, a plurality of housing parts, and the housing parts are delimited by first delimiting parts along a first direction and second delimiting parts along a second direction intersecting the first direction, and house the absorbing member.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2020,JPO&INPIT【課題】複数方向に伸縮性を有する吸収体を提供する。【解決手段】本発明の一形態に係る吸収体は、第1の伸縮部材と、第2の伸縮部材と、第1の伸縮部材と第2の伸縮部材との間に積層された吸収部材と、を備え、第1の伸縮部材は、第2の伸縮部材とともに複数の収容部を形成し、複数の収容部は、第1の方向に沿った第1区切り部と、第1の方向に交差する第2の方向に沿った第2区切り部とによって互いに区切られ、吸収部材を収容する。【選択図】図1