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sponge

1. any multicellular typically marine animal of the phylum Porifera, usually occurring in complex sessile colonies in which the porous body is supported by a fibrous, calcareous, or siliceous skeletal framework
2. a piece of the light porous highly absorbent elastic skeleton of certain sponges, used in bathing, cleaning, etc.
3. any of a number of light porous elastic materials resembling a sponge
4. porous metal produced by electrolysis or by reducing a metal compound without fusion or sintering and capable of absorbing large quantities of gas
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sponge

[spənj]
(chemical engineering)
Wood shavings coated with iron oxide and used as a catalyst in processes for removing hydrogen sulfide from industrial gases.
(invertebrate zoology)
The common name for members of the phylum Porifera.
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sponge

A special case of a Unix filter that reads its entire input before writing any output; the canonical example is a sort utility. Unlike most filters, a sponge can conveniently overwrite the input file with the output data stream. If a file system has file versioning (as ITS did and VMS does now) the sponge/filter distinction loses its usefulness, because directing filter output would just write a new version.

See also slurp.
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The bath sponges are made from a plant known as luffa, which is grown in fields, gardens and on the balconies of many houses.
The pointed end of the sponge can be used to cover blemishes, spots, or hard-to-reach areas of the face, while the rounded area should be used for larger portions.
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Now scoop the ice cream into the centre of the sponge leaving a border of sponge of about an inch around the ice cream.
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