Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spongeful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sponge-ful
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The amount (of liquid) contained in a sponge

Example Sentences

""[…] I never thought I would be such a fool," and he began spluttering in the water, and throwing it about him like a wild duck at play. Over and over his head and neck he poured spongeful after spongeful, till the water flowed in streams from every particular pendicle of hair which hung from his head."
"Having done so, take the bird to the next basin, and with spongeful after spongeful of clean water well rinse out the soap."
"With a sponge we could continue drifting along, just reach inside, sop up some spongefuls, and squeeze them back into the river, where they belonged."

Etymology

From sponge + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sponge

Inflected Forms

spongefuls (plural)

Questions

What does spongeful mean?: The amount (of liquid) contained in a sponge
Where does spongeful come from?: From sponge + -ful.

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