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Definition of Spongelike
1. Adjective. Easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility. "Spongy bread"
Similar to: Soft
Derivative terms: Sponge, Sponginess, Sponginess
2. Adjective. Like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed.
Definition of Spongelike
1. Adjective. Like a sponge; spongy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spongelike
Literary usage of Spongelike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1921)
"... the marine vegetation contain cellulosic material capable of forming a spongelike
mass, which would hold the oil in situ during the decomposition stage. ..."
2. The Physiologia of Jean Fernel (1567) by Jean Fernel (2003)
"Their varied structure resembles that of a sponge, so that no doubt remains that
this third bone is the one called "spongelike" by the Greeks.15 In addition ..."
3. Transactions by American Institute of Mining Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME. (1921)
"... the marine vegetation contain cellulosic material capable of forming a spongelike
mass, which would hold the oil in situ during the decomposition stage. ..."
4. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1875)
"... haematite that crop out everywhere, and streams of this oxide, as thick as
treacle, are seen moving slowly along in the spongelike small red glaciers. ..."
5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
""Pain is a fairly constant symptom; vomiting, at some time or another, is usual,
and yet, considering the spongelike and absorbent character of the hair ..."
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