sponge
(countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum , that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
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More WIP on the Schwerefeld Projektor crew, with the armour painted using a makeup sponge only. Added some leather work and put a flesh basecoat on. Will finish up the rest of the details tonight. #konflikt47 #paintin…
toy *needs* to be engulfed by tira!misu, you don't understand, smothered with her coffee-soaked sponge paws, pressed lovingly into her sweet cream body, fully submerged and pulled back out, adding layer after layer u…
#Eldercare is giving up your lunchbreak to give your mum a sponge bath & change her bedding.
Adam Randall Is Going to Be a ‘Sponge’ Learning From Derrick Henry #Ravens #RavensFlock
I just had a dream that your new video came out and it began with Uncle Funkle (or Bobby Sponge, they sound similiar) selling something. I don't remember what it was but I think that segment ended with the item making…
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(countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum , that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
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(uncountable) The porous material that synthetic washing sponges are made of.
The great guns ranged along the deck — each bound fast by its new breechings — with their linstocks and sponges and ladles and rammers, made no idle show of warlike strength.
“More WIP on the Schwerefeld Projektor crew, with the armour painted using a makeup sponge only. Added some leather work and put a flesh basecoat on. Will finish up the rest of the details tonight. #konflikt47 #paintingminiatures”
— Bluesky· May 2026“toy *needs* to be engulfed by tira!misu, you don't understand, smothered with her coffee-soaked sponge paws, pressed lovingly into her sweet cream body, fully submerged and pulled back out, adding layer after layer until toy can't move 😖”
— Bluesky· May 2026“#Eldercare is giving up your lunchbreak to give your mum a sponge bath & change her bedding.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Adam Randall Is Going to Be a ‘Sponge’ Learning From Derrick Henry #Ravens #RavensFlock”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I just had a dream that your new video came out and it began with Uncle Funkle (or Bobby Sponge, they sound similiar) selling something. I don't remember what it was but I think that segment ended with the item making blood spill everywhere”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(countable) A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
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