Sponginess

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sponginess \Spon"gi*ness\ (sp[u^]n"j[i^]*n[e^]s), n.
     The quality or state of being spongy. --Dr. H. More.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  sponginess
       n 1: the porosity of a sponge
       2: the property of being able to occupy less space [syn: {compressibility},
           {squeezability}] [ant: {incompressibility}]