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houba

Pronunciation: [ˈɦou̯ba]

“houba” is a Czech word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. mushroom (fungus and fruit of fungus)
  2. sponge (material used to wash dishes or the body)
  3. sponge (Porifera)
  4. a sewing utensil in the shape of a mushroom used for repairing stockings, socks and pantyhose
  5. sponge (direct reduced iron), DRI

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech húba, from Proto-Slavic *gǫba. This might be related to Middle High German swamb (German Schwamm), Latin fungus and Greek σπόγγος (spóngos) or σφόγγος (sfóngos), which supposes some consonant transposition.

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