'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]
Synonyms of 'spongy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absorbent,
- adsorbent,
- assimilative,
- baccate,
- bibulous,
- blotting,
- chemisorptive,
- chemosorptive,
- cribriform,
- digestive,
- doughy,
- edematous,
- endosmotic,
- exosmotic,
- flabby,
- fleshy,
- imbibitory,
- leachy,
- macerated,
- masticated,
- medullary,
- mushy,
- osmotic,
- pappy,
- pasty,
- percolating,
- pithy,
- porose,
- porous,
- pulpal,
- pulpar,
- pulped,
- pulplike,
- pulpy,
- puppy,
- quaggy,
- resorbent,
- sievelike,
- soaking,
- soft,
- sorbent,
- spongelike,
- spongeous,
- squashy,
- squelchy,
- squishy,
- succulent,
- thirsty,
- yielding