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

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)

I broke out, feeling as if a hand had squeezed my heart like a bath sponge.

From Lord John in New York by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

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

From The Spinners by Phillpotts, Eden

The Captain's boy, who was fourteen, and kept his bath sponge in a rubber bag, and shaved now and then with the Captain's razor, retorted in kind.

From Love Stories by Rinehart, Mary Roberts