bath sponge

American  

noun

1. any of various common sponges, of the family Spongiidae, that have a skeletal network composed of fibers of spongin: collected in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean for their commercial value.

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Example Sentences

She said the authorities asked her to bring back a glass or bath sponge or something that might have his DNA on it to potentially help identify him later.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2021

I therfore went to my bathroom and filled my bath sponge with water, and threw it threw the transom in the direction of my father's bed.

From Bab: a Sub-Deb by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

The child should stand in a tub containing a little warm water, and a large bath sponge filled with cold water should be squeezed over the body two or three times.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

But the things they give you over there are the size of a bath sponge, and much the same taste, I reckon.

From South Wind by Douglas, Norman

"The colour of a bath sponge," he said, and she pretended despair.

From The Spinners by Phillpotts, Eden