Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: spongy
IPA transcription: [sp'ʌndʒi]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: spongy, squashy, squishy, spongelike
    Meaning: easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread"
Usage examples
  • They toiled through the naked forest, among the wet, black trees, over tangled roots, green, spongy mosses, mouldering leaves, and rotten, prostrate trunks, while the cataract foamed amidst the rocks hard by.