Meaning

adjective easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility

adjective like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed

originEtymology tree English sponge Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English spongelike From sponge + -like.

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