spongey

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A form of spongy — Having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous.

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Meanings

adjectivespongey (comparative spongier, superlative spongiest)

comparative spongier · superlative spongiest

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of spongy.
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    Narrow boardwalks got us through some of the spongiest parts of the Swamp. […] As we moved in and out of fog through ferns (hapuʻu and uluhe lau nui), flowering evergreen trees (ōhiʻa), tropical sandalwood (iliahi), spongey mosses, and rotting wood, I was reminded of the film Jurassic Park, which was shot in a botanical garden on the south side of Kauai.

    2021, Edward Struzik, “Tropical Peat”, in Swamplands: Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs, and the Improbable World of Peat, Washington, D.C.: Island Press, →ISBN, page 100
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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