🧽 A soft cleaner 🧠 Quick learner 🌊 A sea animal 🌊 To collect sponges 🙄 A freeloader 🙄 To live off others 🧽 To wipe clean

sponge

100 1.0

A soft object with many small holes used to clean and absorb liquid

noun
/spʌndʒ/

: esponja

I suggest you ladies get some sponges and buckets and get that room cleaned before somebody gets sick.
a kitchen sponge
sponges and dishcloths
sponges and pads

Let's just try applying it with the sponge really nice.

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Examples

Use a sponge to put it on, and... here's my favorite lip color.

May December (2023)
And I'm using the new Eco Tools sponge and I love it.
I typically use a sponge with foundation.
This is the sponge I always use for my face.
No beauty filter, just me using this sponge for pretty much everything.
Let's just try applying it with the sponge really nice.

Allana Davison
Just going to go over with a damp sponge to remove any excess.
My mother was wiping away crumbs with a sponge when she saw the look on my face.

Fiction book (1992)
She used a sponge to clean the dishes after dinner.
After applying the paint, I smoothed it out with a sponge for an even finish.

Synonyms

loufah sponge

vssponge

1 6.3

A natural pad of dried plant fibers from a luffa fruit used for washing skin or dishes

is the general porous cleaning material including animal skeletons and synthetic products

Idioms

to chuck up the sponge

9.9

To stop trying because it seems pointless

Compounds

sponge bath

17 3.2

Washing the body with a wet cloth without using a shower or bath

sponge cake

10 1.8

A light, airy cake that uses eggs, flour and sugar without butter or oil

loufah sponge

1 6.3

A natural pad of dried plant fibers from a luffa fruit used for washing skin or dishes

sponge mop

1 2.1

A mop with a soft sponge on a handle that soaks up water to clean floors

Victoria sponge

1 4.7

A light cake made from two sponge layers sandwiched with jam and usually cream

glass sponge

Specialized

1 8.8

A sea animal with a skeleton of thin glass-like threads that lives on the ocean floor

sponge bag

1 3.9

A small waterproof bag for carrying soap and toothpaste when travelling

vanilla sponge cake

1 1.0

A light, soft cake flavored with vanilla

sponge cloth

1 3.2

A soft cloth that soaks up water for cleaning and drying surfaces

sponge filter

Specialized

1 3.0

A soft sponge in a fish tank that traps dirt and adds air while letting good bacteria grow

sponge mushroom

1 7.6

A mushroom you can eat with a soft, sponge-like head covered in pits and ridges

fun sponge

Offensive

7.8

A person who stops others from having fun by complaining

Madeira sponge

8.1

A rich sponge cake often served with a glass of wine

sponge gourd

9.1

A climbing plant whose young fruits are edible and whose dried mature fruit makes a natural sponge

sponge morel

8.9

An edible mushroom with a cap of pits and ridges used in cooking

vegetable sponge

7.5

A plant fruit used as a natural bath sponge, like a loofah

How Absorbent

sponge

100 1.0

paper towel

65 1.0

hexactinellid

Specialized

1 9.9

Surface Forms

sponge singular

sponges plural

Etymology

The word sponge originally comes from the soft sea creature people used for washing because it soaks up water very well. So a sponge is anything porous that 'soaks up' liquid.