Spongelike — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

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

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

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/spˈʌndʒlaɪk/

🇬🇧British English

/spˈʌndʒlaɪk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/spˈʌndʒlaɪk/

3 syllables Say it as /spˈʌndʒlaɪk/.

Examples

spongy bread

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

squashy squishy spongy

Parts of Speech

adjective	easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility “spongy bread”
adjective	like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed

Word Forms

sponge	noun	primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
sponginess	noun	the property of being able to occupy less space

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

schwammartig

leicht zerquetscht; ähnelt einem Schwamm, da es eine weiche, poröse Textur und Komprimierbarkeit aufweist

🇫🇷French

spongieux

facilement écrasé; ressemblant à une éponge en ayant une texture poreuse douce et une compressibilité

🇪🇸Spanish

como una esponja

fácilmente aplastado; Se asemeja a una esponja por tener una textura suave y porosa y compresibilidad.

🇮🇹Italian

spugnoso

facilmente schiacciabile; simile ad una spugna in quanto ha una consistenza morbida e porosa e comprimibilità

🇳🇱Dutch

sponsachtig

gemakkelijk geplet; lijkt op een spons omdat het een zachte poreuze textuur en samendrukbaarheid heeft

🇵🇹Portuguese

esponjoso

facilmente esmagado; assemelhando-se a uma esponja por ter textura porosa macia e compressibilidade

🇷🇺Russian

губкообразный

легко раздавливается; напоминает губку по мягкой пористой текстуре и сжимаемости

India

🇮🇳Hindi

स्पंज जैसा

आसानी से कुचला हुआ; नरम छिद्रपूर्ण बनावट और संपीड़न क्षमता में स्पंज जैसा दिखता है

🇧🇩Bengali

স্পঞ্জের মত

সহজে squashed; নরম ছিদ্রযুক্ত টেক্সচার এবং কম্প্রেসিবিলিটি থাকার ক্ষেত্রে একটি স্পঞ্জের মতো

🇮🇳Tamil

கடற்பாசி போன்றது

எளிதில் நசுக்கப்பட்டது; மென்மையான நுண்துளை அமைப்பு மற்றும் சுருக்கத்தன்மை கொண்ட கடற்பாசி போன்றது

🇮🇳Telugu

స్పాంజిలాంటి

సులభంగా స్క్వాష్డ్; మృదువైన పోరస్ ఆకృతి మరియు కంప్రెసిబిలిటీని కలిగి ఉన్న స్పాంజిని పోలి ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

स्पंजसारखे

सहज स्क्वॅश; मऊ सच्छिद्र पोत आणि संकुचितता असलेल्या स्पंजसारखे

🇮🇳Gujarati

સ્પોન્જ જેવું

સરળતાથી સ્ક્વોશ; નરમ છિદ્રાળુ રચના અને સંકોચનક્ષમતા ધરાવતા સ્પોન્જ જેવું લાગે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸ್ಪಂಜಿನಂಥ

ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ ಸ್ಕ್ವ್ಯಾಷ್ಡ್; ಮೃದುವಾದ ಸರಂಧ್ರ ವಿನ್ಯಾಸ ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಕುಚಿತತೆಯನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಸ್ಪಾಂಜ್ ಅನ್ನು ಹೋಲುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്പോഞ്ച് പോലെയുള്ള

എളുപ്പത്തിൽ squashed; മൃദു പോറസ് ഘടനയും കംപ്രസിബിലിറ്റിയും ഉള്ള ഒരു സ്പോഞ്ചിനോട് സാമ്യമുണ്ട്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਪੰਜ ਵਰਗਾ

ਆਸਾਨੀ ਨਾਲ ਕੁਚਲਿਆ; ਨਰਮ ਪੋਰਸ ਟੈਕਸਟਚਰ ਅਤੇ ਸੰਕੁਚਿਤਤਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਸਪੰਜ ਵਰਗਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

سپنج کی طرح

آسانی سے کچل دیا؛ نرم غیر محفوظ ساخت اور سکڑاؤ میں سپنج سے مشابہت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

海绵状的

容易被压扁；类似海绵，具有柔软的多孔质地和可压缩性

🇯🇵Japanese

スポンジ状の

簡単に押しつぶされます。柔らかい多孔質の質感と圧縮性を持つ点でスポンジに似ています

🇰🇷Korean

스펀지같은

쉽게 찌그러짐; 부드러운 다공성 질감과 압축성을 지닌 스펀지를 닮은 제품

🇻🇳Vietnamese

giống bọt biển

dễ dàng bị đè bẹp; giống như một miếng bọt biển có kết cấu xốp mềm và có khả năng nén

🇹🇭Thai

เหมือนฟองน้ำ

แบนง่าย; มีลักษณะคล้ายฟองน้ำซึ่งมีเนื้อสัมผัสที่นุ่มและอัดตัวได้ดี

🇮🇩Indonesian

seperti spons

mudah tergencet; menyerupai spons yang memiliki tekstur berpori lembut dan kompresibilitas

🇵🇭Filipino

parang espongha

madaling lapirat; na kahawig ng isang espongha sa pagkakaroon ng malambot na buhaghag na texture at compressibility

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

إسفنجي

سحق بسهولة. تشبه الإسفنجة في ملمسها الناعم المسامي وقابليتها للانضغاط

🇮🇷Persian

اسفنجی مانند

به راحتی له می شود؛ از نظر بافت متخلخل نرم و تراکم پذیری شبیه اسفنج است

🇹🇷Turkish

süngerimsi

kolayca ezilir; Yumuşak gözenekli dokusu ve sıkıştırılabilirliği nedeniyle süngere benzeyen

🇮🇱Hebrew

דמוי ספוג

נמעך בקלות; דומה לספוג במרקם נקבובי רך וביכולת דחיסה

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