spongy

Speech parts

1. spongy - Adjective

2. spongy - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Soft, and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable texture; as, a spongy excrescence; spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones.

Having the quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge.

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To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. Helen Keller

Bunny takes another bite of his Big Mac and knows what everybody who is into this sort of things knows - that with its flaccid bun, its spongy meat, the cheese, the slimy little pickle and, of course, the briny special sauce, biting into a Big Mac is as close to eating pussy as, well, eating pussy. Nick Cave

The mountains dwindled away into hills covered with a dark, stunted scrub. Beyond them the land flattened out to the horizon, a treeless immensity of white and gray-green, a spongy mossiness flecked with a million icy ponds. The wind blew, sometimes hard, sometimes harder. Leigh Brackett

spongy bread Source: Internet

Added to any flour by about 15-20 percent, it gives a spongy nutty texture and flavor with a green hue. Source: Internet

Both may be white (if very pure) or colored naturally grey, brown or black, or artificially pink, yellow, green, etc. When soaked and cooked, both become much larger, translucent, soft and spongy. Source: Internet

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