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

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

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

From The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses by Holt, L. Emmett

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

Then came the pugilist; then a lady with a head of hair like a bath sponge; then another, and the party was complete.

From The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)