Meaning

3 senses
  1. Any of several tropical vines of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd.

    Luffa

    лю́фа́ljúfá, лю́ффаljúffa, лу́ффаlúffa

    the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer

  2. The dried fibrous interior of such a plant, used as a sponge for bathing.

    Luffaschwamm, Waschlappen

    моча́лкаmočálka

    мачу́лкаmačúlka, моча́лкаmočálka

  3. Any bath sponge; a sponge on a handle.

Examples

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  1. Sami went to get his loofah.

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  2. Sami had his soap but not his loofah.

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  3. Sami never takes a shower without a loofah.

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  4. I need to get a loofah for the shower.

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  5. Sami's loofah was disgusting.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
dried fibrous interior used as a sponge:
Русский
By meaning 2
tropical vine:
dried fibrous interior used as a sponge:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
tropical vine:
dried fibrous interior used as a sponge:

Origin

Borrowed from Arabic لُوفَة (lūfa).

Borrowed from Arabic لُوفَة (lūfa).

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Forms

plural: loofahs

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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