bath sponge

noun

any of various common sponges, of the family Spongiidae, that have a skeletal network composed of fibers of spongin: collected in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean for their commercial value.

Words nearby bath sponge

bath mat, bath oliver, bath pruritus, bath salts, bath sheet, bath sponge, bath stone, bath tissue, bath towel, bathe, bather

Example sentences from the Web for bath sponge

  • My bath-sponge, soap, and nailbrush vigorously applied for a few seconds showed me that there was no picture to clean!

    Grim Tales |Edith Nesbit

  • The bath-sponge or slate-sponge consists simply of the hard parts or skeleton of a sponge animal.

    Elementary Zoology, Second Edition |Vernon L. Kellogg