loofah
Collocations
4ADJ.
dirty, disgusting, used
VERB + LOOFAH
can't, find, get, ruined, took, uses
LOOFAH + NOUN
shower, stank
PREP.
with, without
Definitions
noun
Any of several tropical vines of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd.
The dried fibrous interior of such a plant, used as a sponge for bathing.
Any bath sponge; a sponge on a handle.
verb
To clean or scrub with a loofah.
And she took good care of my feet, massaging them and loofahing the calluses away.
I may have snuck in showering myself—plus shaving, loofahing, hair blow-drying, reapplying makeup, changing my outfit five times, and winding up in what I started out with.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus
- loofa
- luffa
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6And she took good care of my feet, massaging them and loofahing the calluses away.
WiktionaryI may have snuck in showering myself—plus shaving, loofahing, hair blow-drying, reapplying makeup, changing my outfit five times, and winding up in what I started out with.
WiktionaryI need to get a loofah for the shower.
Tatoeba · #6705560Sami had his soap but not his loofah.
Tatoeba · #7266223Sami went to get his loofah.
Tatoeba · #7266224Sami never takes a shower without a loofah.
Tatoeba · #7266225