spongenoun
uk/spʌndʒ/us/spʌndʒ/sponge noun (SUBSTANCE)
[ C ] a soft substance that is full of small holes and can absorb a lot of liquid, and is used for washing and cleaning
[ S ] the action of rubbing something or someone with a wet sponge or cloth in order to clean it, him, or her:
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Equipment used for cleaning
- bath towel
- broom
- broomstick
- carpet sweeper
- chamois
- facecloth
- feather duster
- floor cloth
- Hoover
- household goods
- J-cloth
- pressure washer
- rag
- scrubbing brush
- squeegee
- squeegee mop
- sweeper
- towelette
- washcloth
- wire brush
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sponge noun (CAKE)
[ C or U ] also sponge cake a soft cake made with eggs, sugar, and flour but usually no fat
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Cakes
- angel food cake
- angelica
- bake sale
- baked goods
- Bakewell tart
- devil's food cake
- donut
- doughnut
- dumpling
- fairy cake
- Madeira cake
- marzipan
- meringue
- monkey bread
- muffin
- stollen
- streusel
- Swiss roll
- teacake
- topping
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spongeverb
uk/spʌndʒ/us/spʌndʒ/sponge verb (GET MONEY)
[ I or T ] disapproving to get money, food, etc. from other people, especially in order to live without working:
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Making appeals & requests
- a cry for help idiom
- appellate
- application
- ask for sb
- beseech
- besiege
- besought
- bum
- cri de coeur
- crowdsource
- freeloader
- gateway
- go over sb's head idiom
- hit
- hit sb up
- I'll thank you to do sth idiom
- pester
- petition
- request
- scrounge
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sponge verb (CLEAN)
[ T ] also sponge down to rub something or someone with a wet sponge or cloth, especially to clean it, him, or her:
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Cleaning generally
- brush sb/sth off
- cleaner
- cleaning
- cleanse
- cleansing
- decontaminate
- groom
- purification
- purify
- rinse
- rinse sth out
- scour
- scrub
- sluice
- sluice sth down/out
- sweep
- wash (sth) out
- wipe
- wipe sth down
- wipe sth up
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