sponginess
- noun
- /ˈspʌndʒɪnəs/
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esponjosidad
- The sponginess of the new mattress makes it very comfortable to sleep on.
Examples
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Sponginess within the soil, which was authorized by heaven so that atmosphere and liquid succeed in finding access to the interior flame that presses up through the earth's core.
Fiction book (1991) -
They have a golden outer thing wrapped about a creamy inner thing which seems to appeal to children under the age of 15 or so, but after that, seem repelling because they are so very strange in their unique sponginess.
Blog text (33) -
So this is the longest way of saying when you want gear teeth, there's some sponginess on Rotary tables.
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He imagined they were not quite as tasty as that little piece of lightly fried licorice he had that time, but there could have been a nice sponginess to them.
Fiction book (1996) -
One man, one woman, both donated their bodies for dissection, and I learned amazing things from them: the sponginess of lung tissue, the surprising lightness of a human heart, and the fabulous intricacy of veins, arteries, tendons, and nerves that keep all of us moving and alive.
Blog text (1) -
I can sympathize with the canonical codifiers in their hesitation "to introduce sponginess into that firm canonical structure which locked the sacrament onto the solid juridical and readily proven fact of" 63
Academic text (1991) -
When making a cake, the sponginess of the batter is crucial for a fluffy texture.
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The sponginess of the bread allows it to soak up the sauce without falling apart.
Synonyms
3
4.8
The amount of liquid a material soaks up
A quality that makes a material attract or absorb water
Antonyms
How Absorbent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sponginess comes from sponge plus the ending -ness, which shows a 'quality'. Think of a kitchen sponge that 'soaks up' water and is full of tiny holes, so sponginess means being soft and able to soak up liquids.