noun / verb
sponge
SPUNJ/spʌndʒ/
A simple aquatic animal with a porous absorbent body.
The sponge grows attached to the rocky seabed.
Etymology
The ancestral word named a natural sponge, and English first used it for the porous, absorbent material from aquatic organisms. Its meaning later widened to other materials with similar properties.
In context
all you have to do is cut a little piece from a makeup sponge and grab it with some tweezers then apply the gold polish onto the sponge
More examples
- Some sponges live in freshwater lakes rather than the ocean.
- Water passes through tiny pores in the sponge's body.
- Unlike most animals, adult sponges stay attached to one spot.
Forms
sponge · sponges
spongy adjective — Soft and porous like a sponge.