1. Easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility
   - spongy, squashy, squishy 
2. Like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed
   - spongy

See also: absorbent, absorptive, soft

• broom grass
• broom handle
• broom palm
• broom sedge
• broom snakeroot
• broom snakeweed
• broom tree
• broomcorn
• broomcorn millet
• broomrape family
• broomstick
• broomweed
• brose
• Brosme brosme
• Brosmius
• broth
• broth of a boy
• broth of a man
• brothel
• brothel keeper
• brother
• brother-in-law
• brotherhood
• brotherlike
• brotherliness