I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a sponge cake (= one made from flour, butter, sugar, and eggs )
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It's best to eat sponge cakes on the day you make them.
a sponge/toilet bag (= for carrying your soap, toothpaste, shampoo etc )
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I left my sponge bag in the hotel bathroom.
sponge bag
sponge cake
sponge pudding
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
bag
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Numerous sponge bags hung on pegs, some with rubber ducks poking out!
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When that final whistle went I just wanted to throw up in the sponge bag .
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She took her sponge bag into the bathroom, expecting something primitive, and paused, surprised yet again.
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It's like being zipped into a sponge bag - yuck.
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He had a quick look in Dale's sponge bag .
cake
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Foodstuff varies from fried egg and chips to sausage rolls and sponge cakes .
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Brush the glaze while still hot over a fruit cake , but allow to cool slightly before spreading over a sponge cake.
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It was rising like a sponge cake .
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Both are light sponge cakes with jam and vanilla filling, decorated with soft fondant icing.
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Desmond's wife brought them tea and a sponge cake that was still warm.
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Card magic cake Buy some regular sponge cake from a local store.
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They lay within the cracked rocks like the jam in a crazy sponge cake .
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Use the following techniques for lining tins for quick and madeira sponge cakes , and for fruit cakes.
pudding
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O'Lone had memories of meat pies and new potatoes, followed by sponge pudding .
■ VERB
throw
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She threw the sponge at the taps in disgust, and registered the peal of the doorbell at the same time.
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When that final whistle went I just wanted to throw up in the sponge bag.
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What a cop-out it would be to throw in the sponge now.
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It has thrown in the sponge ... The flood shines like Occam's razor.
use
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You can use undergravel, or sponge filtration.
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Continue to add water until it begins to run over the edge. Use a sponge to clean up the excess water.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
throw in the sponge/towel
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A good 4-5 season sleeping bag is a must for anyone who doesn't throw in the towel the minute October dawns.
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But utility developers shouldn't throw in the towel just yet.
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By midnight, its masters had thrown in the towel, and put out the computer's original forecast.
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If they start to see prices run up, they might throw in the towel.
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It finally threw in the towel when the Prudential, the last remaining bidder, pulled out earlier this month.
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Some local manufacturers have simply thrown in the towel.
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You want to run because you never want to throw in the towel.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As promised, I will not explain my change within the Fluval 2, using a Polyfilter to replace the sponge .
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I felt like a sponge full of unshed tears.
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She picked up a sponge and began cleaning the edges of the sink.
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They leave reality to the grunts, who face bullets from AK-47s, not flying sponges.
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Use a sponge to clean up the excess water.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
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Later, I helped her sponge off the caked blood.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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When I opened my eyes, Polly was sponging my face and neck.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even the sounds here were dry and brittle; she longed for sounds that were sponged up by green moss.
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It happened that some flakes of fire had entered the muzzle of one of the guns after it was sponged.
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Jazzbeaux stepped under the shower, and sponged her wounds.
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These areas can also be sponged with warm water if necessary.
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They did it together, soaping, sponging, laughing with the warm sudsy water sensuous against them.
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Victoria's mucky bib came off her flower-sprigged Viyella dress and the chocolate pudding was sponged from her face.
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Wearily, she sponged her torso and stomach, cleaning her wounds.