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- Dictionarysponge/spʌn(d)ʒ/
noun
- 1. a primitive sedentary aquatic invertebrate with a soft porous body that is typically supported by a framework of fibres or calcareous or glassy spicules. Sponges draw in a current of water to extract nutrients and oxygen.
- 2. a piece of a soft, light, porous absorbent substance originally consisting of the fibrous skeleton of an aquatic invertebrate but now usually made of synthetic material, used for washing and cleaning.
verb
- 1. wipe or clean with a wet sponge or cloth: "she sponged him down in an attempt to cool his fever"
- 2. obtain or accept money or food from other people without doing or intending to do anything in return: informal "they found they could earn a perfectly good living by sponging off others"
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SPONGE definition: 1. a soft substance that is full of small holes and can absorb a lot of liquid, and is used for…. Learn more.
The meaning of SPONGE is an elastic porous mass of interlacing horny fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals (phylum Porifera) and is able when wetted to absorb water. How to use sponge in a sentence.
Sponge definition: any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.. See examples of SPONGE used in a sentence.
1. a. Any of numerous aquatic, chiefly marine filter-feeding invertebrate animals of the phylum Porifera, characteristically having a porous skeleton composed of fibrous material or siliceous or calcareous spicules and often forming colonies attached to an underwater surface. Also called poriferan. b.
A sponge has holes and soaks up liquid. One kind of sponge is a water-dwelling animal with a soft body and an asymmetrical shape. But the kind of sponge you use to clean the kitchen is usually man-made.
A sponge is a piece of sponge that you use for washing yourself or for cleaning things.
noun. /spʌndʒ/ [countable] a piece of artificial or natural material that is soft and light and full of holes and can hold water easily, used for washing or cleaning. a bath sponge (= to wash your body with in the bath) (figurative) His mind was like a sponge, ready to absorb anything. Wipe the surface with a damp sponge.
sponge meaning: 1. a soft substance full of small holes, which absorbs liquid very easily and is used for washing…. Learn more.
Sponge definition: Metal in a porous, brittle form, as after the removal of other metals in processing, used as a raw material in manufacturing.
A sponge's body is hollow and is held in shape by the mesohyl, a jelly-like substance made mainly of collagen and reinforced by a dense network of fibers also made of collagen. 18 distinct cell types have been identified.
