loofah
pronunciation
How to pronounce loofah in British English:
UK [ˈlu:fə]
How to pronounce loofah in American English:
US [ˈlufə]
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- Noun:
- the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer
- the bathroom loofah
Word Origin
- loofah (n.)
- 1879, from Egyptian Arabic lufah, the name of the plant (Luffa ægyptiaca) with fibrous pods from which flesh-brushes are made.
Example
- 1. Plaited articles of other vegetable plaiting materials or loofah .
- 2. You used my loofah ?
- 3. Natural loofah slippers care your healthy .
- 4. I need a melon baller and a loofah .
- 5. Did you seriously bring a loofah ?