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1 sponge
1. noun1) (a type of sea animal, or its soft skeleton, which has many holes and is able to suck up and hold water.) σπόγγος2) (a piece of such a skeleton or a substitute, used for washing the body etc.) σφουγγάρι3) (a sponge pudding or cake: We had jam sponge for dessert.) ελαφρό κέικ4) (an act of wiping etc with a sponge: Give the table a quick sponge over, will you?) σφούγγισμα2. verb1) (to wipe or clean with a sponge: She sponged the child's face.) σφουγγίζω2) (to get a living, money etc (from someone else): He's been sponging off/on us for years.) ζω σε βάρος(άλλου)/κάνω τράκα•- sponger- spongy
- spongily
- sponginess
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2 bone
[bəun] 1. noun1) (the hard substance forming the skeleton of man, animals etc: Bone decays far more slowly than flesh.) κόκαλο, οστό2) (a piece of this substance: She broke two of the bones in her foot.) κόκαλο2. verb(to take the bones out of (fish etc).) βγάζω τα κόκαλα, ξεκοκαλίζω- bony- bone china
- bone idle
- a bone of contention
- have a bone to pick with someone
- have a bone to pick with
- to the bone
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