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Adjective: spongy (spongier,spongiest)  spúnjee
  1. Easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility
    "spongy bread"
    - squashy, squishy, spongelike
     
  2. Like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed
    - spongelike

Derived forms: spongier, spongiest

See also: absorbent, absorptive, soft, sponge, sponginess

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