spongy
IPA: spˈʌndʒi
adjective
- Having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous.
- Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy.
- (slang) Drunk.
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Examples of "spongy" in Sentences
- Spongy bone occurs in most bones.
- The pith is spongy and holds the water.
- Fruit are dehiscent and have a spongy mesocarp.
- The stipe is by thick, and is hollow and spongy.
- It is a perennial, growing from a spongy rhizome.
- There are two types of osseous tissue, compact and spongy.
- The cartilage is a flimsy material that surrounds the spongy bone.
- The wood is heavy and coarse and the bark is spongy and water soaked.
- We already know how the Americans and Brits like their foamy, spongy bread.
- In the usual operation, the swollen spongy pad that forms the pile is cut away.
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