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spongy
[ spuhn-jee ]
adjective
- of the nature of or resembling a sponge; light, porous, and elastic or readily compressible, as pith or bread.
- having the absorbent characteristics of a sponge; absorbing or holding liquid or yielding liquid when pressed.
- of or relating to a sponge.
- lacking in firmness or solidity:
spongy wood; a spongy feeling from the car brakes.
- moist and soft; soggy:
spongy ground.
- porous but hard, as bone.
ˈDzԲ
/ ˈʌԻɪ /
adjective
- of or resembling a sponge, esp in texture, porosity, elasticity, or compressibility
spongy bone
spongy bread
- of or like a sponge in respect of its capacity to absorb fluid and yield it when compressed
Derived Forms
- ˈDzԲԱ, noun
- ˈDzԲ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- Dzg· adverb
- Dzg·Ա noun
- ܲ·DzԲy adjective
Example Sentences
Others said their customers preferred Tanzanian plantains over Malawian ones, describing the former as tastier, while the latter were often spongy.
Following “Phantom Thread,” Manville scored the delightful titular role in 2022’s “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,” a warm, spongy slice of mom cinema.
The Mayo Clinic says it’s a non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that occurs when white blood cells turn into cancer cells and build up in the spongy material of the marrow.
Otherwise, the food product can end up greasy, spongy or just plain disgusting.
In order to do this, the stem cells that manufacture red blood cells in our spongy bone marrow are harvested.
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