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SPONGINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sponginess mean?
• SPONGINESS (noun)
The noun SPONGINESS has 2 senses:
1. the porosity of a sponge
2. the property of being able to occupy less space
Familiarity information: SPONGINESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The porosity of a sponge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("sponginess" is a kind of...):
porosity; porousness (the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids)
Derivation:
spongy (like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed)
spongy (easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The property of being able to occupy less space
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
compressibility; sponginess; squeezability
Hypernyms ("sponginess" is a kind of...):
softness (the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded)
Derivation:
spongy (easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility)
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