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SQUASHY
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Irregular inflected forms: squashier , squashiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility
Example:
spongy bread
Synonyms:
spongelike; spongy; squashy; squishy
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Similar:
soft (yielding readily to pressure or weight)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of soil) soft and watery
Example:
swampy bayous
Synonyms:
boggy; marshy; miry; mucky; muddy; quaggy; sloppy; sloughy; soggy; squashy; swampy; waterlogged
Classified under:
Similar:
wet (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness
Synonyms:
pulpy; squashy
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Adjectives
Similar:
nonwoody (not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood)
