(transitive) To clean the inside of (something) by using a sponge. / (transitive) To remove by using a sponge. / (figuratively, transitive) To remove (something, especially debts).

plural of sponging-house

Synonym of throw up the sponge

plural of Victoria sponge

A type of sponge cake with a layer of jam sandwiched in the middle.

A type of bathing, usually conducted in hospitals, which involves washing someone with a sponge. Usually the person being washed is bed-ridden.

A light, soft, baked dessert (commonly layered with cream and jam) that is typically made with flour, sugar, baking powder and eggs, and has a firm, yet well aerated structure, similar to that of a sea sponge.

(historical) A place of temporary confinement for debtors, kept by a bailiff, where debtors were sponged of all money they had on themselves, before being transferred to debtor's prison.

Crude titanium metal that has not yet been refined or forged

Any of many sponges, of the class Calcarea, having skeletons composed of spicules of calcium carbonate