spongework

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noun

Spongy material.

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Meanings

nounspongework (uncountable)
  1. uncountableSpongy material.

    One tubular "pore" is capable of being crawled into and through, so that one emerges again in the passage 16 feet farther along. But there is no other spongework in the entire cavern.

    1956, J. Harlen Bretz, Caves of Missouri, page 233

Origin

From sponge + -work.

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Cite this entry
APA

spongework. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spongework

MLA

“spongework.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spongework. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spongework,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spongework.

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