spongy in English

adjective
1
like a sponge, especially in being porous, compressible, elastic, or absorbent.
a soft, spongy blanket of moss

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1. This radish has gone spongy.

2. It was spongy to the touch.

3. The radish has turned spongy.

4. 16 The earth was soft and spongy underfoot.

5. And the little one is really spongy.

6. The earth was spongy from rain.

7. The ground was soft and spongy.

8. The bread had a spongy texture.

9. My muscles felt all strange and spongy.

10. The earth was soft and spongy underfoot.

11. Where are you, you spongy, yellow, delicious bastards?

12. The pulp of this watermelon is too spongy.

13. He too felt the spongy soil drawing him downwards.

14. Bog: spongy land saturated or partially covered with water.

15. This shares the same theory of making spongy cakes.

16. The udder should have a soft and spongy texture .

17. Another word for Boggy: marshy, muddy, waterlogged, spongy, swampy Collins English Thesaurus

18. 15 synonyms for Absorbent: porous, receptive, imbibing, spongy, permeable, absorptive, blotting

19. 15 synonyms for Absorbent: porous, receptive, imbibing, spongy, permeable, absorptive, blotting

20. Cancellous bone is a spongy type of bone inside the cortical bone

21. Bog, type of wetland ecosystem characterized by wet, spongy, poorly drained peaty soil.

22. There are many synonyms of Bibulous which include Absorptive, Permeable, Porous, Spongy, etc.

23. Protecting the edge of the bone is a layer of soft, spongy tissue.

24. Its spongy but tough, sweet smelling flesh exudes a red liquid when young.

25. The floating leaves are spongy and swollen, thus making the plant buoyant.

26. Cancellous bone refers to the spongy interior layer of bone that protects the bone marrow.

27. 22 synonyms for Boggy: marshy, muddy, waterlogged, spongy, swampy, soft, yielding, fenny, oozy, miry, quaggy

28. The significance of axonal dystrophy in these protracted forms of spongy degeneration is discussed.

29. Softboard has a spongy texture, which gives it good sound and thermal insulation properties.

30. The rigidity and traction of the EBs was far superior to spongy plimsolls.

31. Not to be confused with: Boggy – wet and spongy; containing bogs: a Boggy

32. Bog definition, wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter

33. Synonyms for Cushiony include spongy, soft, cushioned, squashy, springy, flabby, mushy, squishy, squooshy and compressible

34. The fat is white and the bones are spongy and pinkish, a sign of immaturity.

35. Menyanthes trifoliata, Bogbean, grows in spongy bogs, marshes and shallow water along pond edges

36. This bark is soft and spongy, yet it does not readily absorb water and is practically airtight.

37. Cancellous bone is the spongy interior layer of bone that protects the bone marrow

38. The blood cells made in the spongy area inside our large bones are of three types.

39. The best thing he does is play football with a spongy ball in the hall.

40. Synonyms for Bibulous include absorbant, absorbent, spongy, thirsty, absorptive, permeable, porous, assimilative, penetrable and osmotic

41. Synonyms for Assimilative include permeable, absorptive, bibulous, assimilating, assimilatory, spongy, penetrable, porous, pervious and receptive

42. The ground was soft and spongy and in only a few paces her canvas shoes were soaked.

43. Anbury definition: a soft spongy tumour occurring in horses and oxen Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

44. The number of chloroplast was much less, especially in spongy tissue, chloroplast hardly could been observed.

45. Spongy bone, also called Cancellous or trabecular bone, provides structural support and facilitates movement of the joints and limbs

46. Accordingly, the structure of the remaining spongy bone changes to meet these new age-dependent conditions of mechanical loading.

47. What does Aerenchyma mean? A spongy tissue with large intercellular air spaces that is found in aquatic plants

48. What does Anbury mean? (archaic) A wen or spongy wart on the legs or flanks of a horse

49. Not much flavour, but a fibrous-to-spongy chewiness which sets it apart from the average savoury snack.

50. Also, I had trouble with the gearbox, the lever became spongy and I wasn't sure what was happening.