sponginess

2 definitions found

sponginess - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sponginess \Spon"gi*ness\ (sp[u^]n"j[i^]*n[e^]s), n.
     The quality or state of being spongy. --Dr. H. More.
     [1913 Webster]

sponginess - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sponginess
      n 1: the porosity of a sponge
      2: the property of being able to occupy less space [syn:
         compressibility, squeezability, sponginess] [ant:
         incompressibility]