spongy
adjective
of the nature of or resembling a sponge; light, porous, and elastic or readily compressible, as pith or bread.
sponginess
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a word derived from
spongy.
Example Sentences
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Because he’s a bread baker, he’s looking at the sponginess of the cake, he’s looking at the moisture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024
This does, however, pre-season the eggplant before breading it and can help reduce the "sponginess" of the eggplant, allowing it to crisp up better.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2022
His new, weird, soft sponginess is unsettling at best, and though his furred friends are a little less off-putting, it’s not by much.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2021
For me, it was more of a texture issue, so the way I eased into mushroom eating was to buy them fresh and cook the sponginess out of them.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2021
It retains its solidity and freshness till spring, and often at midsummer has no appearance of sponginess or decay.
From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Fearing Burr
