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sponge meaning in Tamil

கடற்பஞ்சு

/spʌnd͡ʒ/

sponge in Tamil: கடற்பஞ்சு, நுரைப்பஞ்சு. In English, sponge means any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.

Tamil words for sponge

கடற்பஞ்சு, நுரைப்பஞ்சு

English meaning of sponge

  1. noun Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
  2. noun A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
  3. noun The porous material that synthetic washing sponges are made of.
  4. noun A heavy drinker.

Full definition of sponge

sponge in a sentence

  • He has been sponging off his friends for a month now.
  • to sponge a breakfast

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Questions about sponge in Tamil

What is the meaning of sponge in Tamil?
Sponge in Tamil is கடற்பஞ்சு, நுரைப்பஞ்சு.
sponge என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Sponge: கடற்பஞ்சு, நுரைப்பஞ்சு.
What does sponge mean in English?
Sponge means any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.

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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: sponge (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: sponge (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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