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Definition: Sponginess |
SponginessNoun1. The porosity of a sponge. 2. The property of being able to occupy less space. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Metallurgy | Unsoundness in castings caused by the presence of blowholes and shrinkage cavities. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SponginessSynonyms: compressibility (n), squeezability (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: porosity (metallurgy). |
| Antonym: incompressibility (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Rarity | Noun: rarity, tenuity; absence of solidity; subtility; subtilty, subtlety; sponginess, compressibility. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "Sponginess" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sponginess" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "sponginess"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 海绵状. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | poroesitet (permeability, pore volume, porosity, porosity of a soil, soil porosity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | plaatselijke slinkporeusheid (porosity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | porosité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schwammigkeit (flabbiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σπογγώδεσ, ελαστικότητα (elasticity, pliancy, resilience, springiness), το πορώδες (discontinuity, pore volume, porosity, unsoundness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ספו'יות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szivacsosság. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spugnosit (porosity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | thoagid, thoagagoilid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onginessspay porosidade (porosity). (various references) spongiozitate. (various references) porosidad (porosity, porousness), esponjosidad. (various references) sünger gibi olma. (various references) губчастість, пористість (porosity). (various references) tính mềm xốp. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sponginess": sponginesses. (additional references) | |
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"Sponginess" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pongines. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "sponginess" (pronounced 'Spon"gi*ness'): Abjectedness, Abjectness, Ableness, Abominableness, Abortiveness, Abruptness, Absentness, Absoluteness, Absorptiveness, Abstemiousness, Abstersiveness, Abstractedness, Abstractiveness, Abstractness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Abusiveness, Acceptableness, Accessariness, Accessoriness, Accidentalness, Accommodableness, Accommodateness, Accurateness, Accustomedness, Acidness, Acquaintedness, Acquisitiveness, Acrimoniousness, Activeness, Actualness, Acuteness, Adaptedness, Adaptiveness, Adaptness, Addictedness, Addle-patedness, Adeptness, Adequateness, Adhesiveness, Admirableness, Adorableness, Adroitness, Adultness, Advantageousness, Adventurousness, Adverseness, Advisable-ness, Advisedness, Affableness. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-i-n-n-o-p-s-s-s" | |
-2 letters: nosiness, openings, pensions, spongins. | |
-3 letters: ensigns, epigons, essoins, gossips, nosings, opening, osseins, pension, pigeons, pingoes, pinones, sensing, session, sonnies, spinose, sponges, spongin. | |
-4 letters: enosis, ensign, eosins, epigon, essoin, genips, gipons, gneiss, gnoses, gnosis, gossip, noesis, noises, nosing, opines, opsins, ossein, pengos, pennis, pigeon, pingos, pinons, pisses, pogies, poises, ponies, posies, posing, posses, segnos. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-i-n-n-o-p-s-s-s" | |
+2 letters: sphingosines, sponginesses. | |
+4 letters: pugnaciousness, steppingstones. | |
+5 letters: nonprogressives, unprepossessing. | |
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