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spongework

spongework noun: spongy material.

Noun

spongework (uncountable)

  1. Spongy material.
    • One tubular "pore" is capable of being crawled into and through, so that one emerges again in the passage 16 feet farther along. But there is no other spongework in the entire cavern.1956, J. Harlen Bretz, Caves of Missouri, page 233

Origin of spongework

From sponge + -work.

Questions about spongework

What does spongework mean?
Spongework means spongy material.
What part of speech is spongework?
Spongework is a noun.

Words near spongework in the dictionary

  1. sponges up
  2. spongestick
  3. spongeth
  4. spongeware
  5. spongewares
  6. spongework
  7. spongeworthiness
  8. spongeworthy
  9. spongey
  10. spongiatriol
  11. spongicolid

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