spongy
Adjective Satellite
- easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility
- "spongy bread"
- like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed
Adj
- Having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous.
- Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy.
- Drunk.
Adjective
- Resembling a sponge in texture; soft, porous, and absorbent.
Examples
- spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones
- The new board felt spongy under his tiles, making him wonder if he’d misplaced his Words With Friends game.
Origin / Etymology
From spong(e) + -y.
Synonyms
spongelike, squashy, squishy, drunk, wet
Scrabble Score: 12
spongy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordspongy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
spongy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
spongy: valid Words With Friends Word