spongy, spongelike
(adjective) like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed
spongy, squashy, squishy, spongelike
(adjective) easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; “spongy bread”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
spongier
comparative form of spongy
• perigons, reposing
Source: Wiktionary
Spon"gy, a.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 December 2024
(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
