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PRONUNCIATION OF SPONGEOUS

spongeous  [ˈspʌndʒəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPONGEOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spongeous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SPONGEOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of spongeous in the English dictionary

The definition of spongeous in the dictionary is relating to or resembling a sponge.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPONGEOUS


advantageous
ˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs
antireligious
ˌæntɪrɪˈlɪdʒəs
contagious
kənˈteɪdʒəs
courageous
kəˈreɪdʒəs
disadvantageous
dɪsˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs
egregious
ɪˈɡriːdʒəs
frabjous
ˈfræbdʒəs
gorgeous
ˈɡɔːdʒəs
interreligious
ˌɪntərɪˈlɪdʒəs
irreligious
ˌɪrɪˈlɪdʒəs
litigious
lɪˈtɪdʒəs
nonreligious
ˌnɒnrɪˈlɪdʒəs
oragious
ɒˈreɪdʒəs
outrageous
aʊtˈreɪdʒəs
prestigious
prɛˈstɪdʒəs
prodigious
prəˈdɪdʒəs
religious
rɪˈlɪdʒəs
sacrilegious
ˌsækrɪˈlɪdʒəs
semireligious
ˌsɛmɪrɪˈlɪdʒəs
unreligious
ˌʌnrɪˈlɪdʒəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPONGEOUS

sponge
sponge bag
sponge bath
sponge cake
sponge cloth
sponge down
sponge finger
sponge mop
sponge pudding
sponge rubber
sponge-down
spongeable
spongebag
spongelike
sponger
spongeware
spongicolous
spongier
spongiest
spongiform

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPONGEOUS

aqueous
courteous
cutaneous
demiurgeous
epigeous
erroneous
gaseous
heterogeneous
hideous
homogeneous
hugeous
hypogeous
instantaneous
miscellaneous
rampageous
righteous
simultaneous
spontaneous
subcutaneous
uncourageous

Synonyms and antonyms of spongeous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spongeous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPONGEOUS

Find out the translation of spongeous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spongeous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spongeous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

spongeous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

esponjoso
570 millions of speakers

English

spongeous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

spongeous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

spongeous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

spongeous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esponjoso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

spongeous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

spongieux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spongeus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

spongiösem
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

spongeous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

spongeous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spongeous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

spongeous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

spongeous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उत्स्फूर्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

süngersi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spugnoso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spongeous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

spongeous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spongios
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

spongeous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spongeous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spongeous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spongeous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spongeous

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPONGEOUS»

The term «spongeous» is normally little used and occupies the 137.639 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPONGEOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spongeous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spongeous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spongeous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPONGEOUS»

Discover the use of spongeous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spongeous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Newman's Entomologist
I have not seen this organ in the state be represents, but there is no doubt of its existence, for at a very short distance within the two spongeous masses, which occupy a considerable space in the conical suctorial tube of P. Capitis, there is a  ...
‎1873
2
Philosophical Magazine
fleet the mass of the spongeous portion exhibited numerous cylin-. drical contorted canals, which from their uniformity and minuteness of diameter, Mr. Bowcrbank considered to be the incurrent canals of the sponge ; and other orifices of ...
‎1841
3
Proceedings: Organization and Sessional Business Papers and ...
The r61e of the spongeous skeleton of a Euspongia or a Hippospongia is to insure a relative rigidity to the body of the animal; it is quite natural that there should be established a certain automatic balance between the firmness of the skeleton ...
‎1910
4
The Entomologist
I have not seen this organ in the state be represents, but there is no doubt of its existence, for at a very short distance within the two spongeous masses, which occupy a considerable space in the conical suctorial tube of P. Capitis, there is a  ...
‎1873
5
The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany, ...
57). It is useless to criticise such vacillation. VVhen, again, the late Dr. Gray gave the name of “ Carteria” to the spongeous head of H3/alonema Sz'eboldz'z', under the idea that the latter was a parasitic sponge developed upon the extremity of ...
‎1876
6
Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries
The r61e of the spongeous skeleton of a Euspongia or a Hippospongia is to insure a relative rigidity to the body of the animal; it is quite natural that there should be established a certain automatic balance between the firmness of the skeleton ...
United States. Bureau of Fisheries, 1910
7
The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and ...
fleet the mass of the spongeous portion exhibited numerous cylindrical contorted. canals, which from their uniformity and minuteness of diameter, Mr. Bowerbank considered to be the incurrent canals of the sponge; and other orifices of greater  ...
‎1841
8
The London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal ...
fleet the mass of the spongeous portion exhibited numerous cylindrical contorted canals, which from their uniformity and minuteness of diameter, Mr. Bowerbank considered to be the incurrent canals of the sponge; and other orifices of greater  ...
David Brewster, Richard Phillips, Richard Taylor, 1841
9
The annals and magazine of natural history, zoology, botany ...
Mr. Bowerbank, from such observations as these, has arrived at the conclusion, that all flint, in the common acceptation of the term, has been formed upon spongeous bodies as nuclei. Anxious to verify so far as I could these conclusions and ...
‎1844
10
Sponge culture: from Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, ...
The role of the spongeous skeleton of a Euspongia or a Hippospongia is to insure a relative rigidity to the body of the animal; it is quite natural that there should be established a certain automatic balance between the firmness of the skeleton ...
Jules Cotte, H. F. Moore, 1910

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Spongeous [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/spongeous>. May 2024 ».
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