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Sponge

speaker

Meaning

Noun

Any of various
of the
Porifera, that have a
often of silica.
A
of
used for
(originally made from the
, now often
plastic).
In Sponges:
A
drinker.
A type of
cake.
In British English:
A type of
pudding.
In People:
A person who
of the
of others (abstractly
to
or
the money or
of others like a sponge).
A person who
ideas.
In Birth control:
A form of
that is
; a
sponge.
In Baking:
  • Any sponge-like substance.
  • Dough before it is
    and
    into
    , and after it is
    into a
    ,
    by the
    of the
    or leaven.
  • Any sponge-like substance.
  • Iron from the
    , in a
    condition.
  • In Metallurgy:
  • Any sponge-like substance.
  • Iron
    , in
    ,
    but not
    or worked.
  • In Hygiene:
    A
    for
    the
    of a
    after a
    . It
    a
    of
    ,
    with
    with the
    on, or
    with a
    , and having a
    , or staff.
    The
    , or point, of a
    ,
    to the heel.

    Verb

    To
    the
    of others.
    To
    ; to scrounge.
    To
    (somebody) of something by imposition.
    To
    ,
    , or
    with a sponge.
    To
    , or
    , like a sponge.
    To
    with a
    , as
    or
    ; to
    ; to
    all
    of.
    In Baking:
    To be
    , as
    , into a
    ,
    by the
    of
    or leaven.
    In Marine biology:
    To use a
    of
    as a
    when
    for food.
    Sourced from
    Wiktionary

    Origin

    sponge
    English
    arrow
    spunge
    Old English (ca. 450-1100)
    arrow
    spongia
    Latin
    arrow
    σπογγία
    Ancient Greek (to 1453)
    σπογγιά
    Ancient Greek (to 1453)
    Sourced from
    Etym
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