Thesaurus: spongy

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1. a. Soft, and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable texture; as, a spongy excrescence; spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones.
2. a. Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy.
3. a. Having the quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge.
4. adj. easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility
5. adj. like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed
6. 1. Soft, and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable texture; as, a spongy excrescence; spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones. 2. Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy. "Spongy April." Shak. 3. Having the quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge. Spongy lead (Chem.), sponge lead. See under Sponge. -- Spongy platinum. See under Platinum.
7. j:100 s. easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility s. like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed