spongy

 
Pronunciation: /ˈspʌn(d)ʒi/
(also spongey)

adjective (spongier, spongiest)

  • like a sponge, especially in being porous, compressible, or absorbent: a soft, spongy blanket of moss
  • (of metal) having an open, porous structure: spongy platinum
  • (chiefly of a motor vehicle’s braking system) lacking firmness.

Derivatives

spongily

adverb

sponginess

noun