spongy
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2.2
- adjective
- /ˈspʌn.dʒi/
- Oh, that spongy feeling is hard to resist.
- spongy mesophyll
- spongy mesophyll cells
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Watch on YouTubeOh, it is Very light icing, very spongy cake.
- Oh, it is Very light icing, very spongy cake.
- Zombies, mummies, the undead pursuing them slowly but surely on the spongy earth.
- It's so it's got that peat humus and peat Moss and it's so spongy.
- It was just like a big spongy mess in the middle of the road.
- So your memory is a very spongy and fungible thing.
- With each collapse, A starry seam appears across her spongy Gray skin.
Examples
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It's a sweet, spongy dessert that you eat after dinner.
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The wheelchair began moving over the spongy ground, slowly at first, then gaining momentum.
Fiction book (1995) -
I mean, it's a bit spongy feeling, but for what it is, it works pretty well.
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I always thought the brain matter was a little too spongy.
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The forest floor was soft and spongy, a carpet of pine straw and leaves.
Fiction book (1995) -
The earth under his feet is mostly spongy with moss and pine needles.
Fiction book (1999) -
What's more, the fern can form tough, spongy mats on the ground.
Academic text (2000) -
The ground was soft, spongy: peat bog, covered with moss.
Fiction book (2001) -
The grass beneath our feet was spongy with the morning's watering, and yesterday's and the days before.
Academic text (1997) -
The forest floor was soft and spongy, a carpet of pine straw and leaves.
Synonyms
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3.0
Soft and easy to squeeze, often a little wet and spongy
22
4.6
Full of small holes that let water or air pass through
9
3.4
Able to soak up liquid easily
2
8.3
A thing that is soft and full of small holes like a sponge
1
2.8
Easy to press and feels like a sponge
1
3.6
Soft and easy to crush, often wet or spongy
1
7.4
Soft and a little wet so you can squeeze it easily
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4.9
Soft and full of small holes that soak up liquids
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3.9
A material with many small holes that feels soft and spongy
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Spongy comes from the common object sponge plus the ending -y, which means 'like' or 'full of'. A sponge is soft and full of small holes that 'soak up' water, so something spongy is soft and easily takes in liquid.