Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spongelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spon-ge-like
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like a sponge; spongy.

Etymology

Etymology tree English sponge Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English spongelike From sponge + -like.

Inflected Forms

more spongelike (comparative) most spongelike (superlative)

Synonyms

spongy squashy squishy

Questions

What does spongelike mean?: Like a sponge; spongy.
Where does spongelike come from?: Etymology tree English sponge Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English spongelike From sponge + -like.

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