| ADJECTIVE | all | spongy, squashy, squishy, spongelike | easily squashed |
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| all | spongy, spongelike | like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids / liquids and yield it back when compressed |
| Sounds | spah'njhiy | |
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| Rhymes | Agee ... zoology: 128 rhymes with jhiy... | |
| Meaning | easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility. | |
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| Example | "spongy bread" | |
| Synonyms | squashy, squishy, spongelike | |
| Broader | soft | Yielding readily to pressure or weight |
| Spanish | esponjoso, fofo | |
| Catalan | esponjós | |
| Nouns | sponge | primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework |
| sponginess | the porosity of a sponge | |
| sponginess | the property of being able to occupy less space | |
| Meaning | like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids / liquids and yield it back when compressed. | |
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| Synonym | spongelike | |
| Broader | absorbent, absorptive | Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids / liquids or energy etc.) |
| Spanish | esponjoso | |
| Catalan | esponjós | |
| Nouns | sponge | a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used |
| sponginess | the porosity of a sponge | |
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