'Spongy' definitions:

Definition of 'spongy'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread" [syn: spongy, squashy, squishy, spongelike]
adjective
Like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed [syn: spongy, spongelike]

Definition of 'Spongy'

From: GCIDE
  • Spongy \Spon"gy\ (sp[u^]n"j[y^]), a.
  • 1. Soft, and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable texture; as, a spongy excrescence; spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy. "Spongy April." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Having the quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge. [1913 Webster]
  • Spongy lead (Chem.), sponge lead. See under Sponge.
  • Spongy platinum. See under Platinum. [1913 Webster]

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