spongy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spongy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for spongy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spongy adj easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread" Synonym(s): spongy, squashy, squishy, spongelike like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed Synonym(s): spongy, spongelike
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spongy \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. [bd]Spongy April.[b8] --Shak. 3. Having the quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge. {Spongy lead} (Chem.), sponge lead. See under {Sponge}. {Spongy platinum}. See under {Platinum}.