how to pronounce sponge

/ˈspʌndʒ/

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spʌndʒ

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An example use of sponge in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… out of sponge soaks up the water the …”

meanings of sponge

noun:

  1. A porous material such as sponges consist of.
  2. Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
  3. The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
  4. A type of steamed pudding.
  5. A type of light cake.
  6. Any of various marine invertebrates, mostly of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
  7. Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
  8. A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.
  9. A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.
  10. Any sponge-like substance.
  11. A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
  12. A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).
  13. Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven.
  14. A heavy drinker.
  15. A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).

verb:

  1. To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
  2. To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food.
  3. To get by imposition; to scrounge.
  4. To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
  5. To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
  6. To take advantage of the kindness of others.
  7. To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
  8. To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.

sponge frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word sponge occurs in english on average 8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

words with pronunciation similar to sponge

spendsexpungeplungespenderlungesplurgesludgespurgesingesunder

words that rhyme with sponge

grungeplungeexpungelunge

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