(countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum , that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
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(countable) A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
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(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.
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