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foam

foam
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [fohm]
    • /foʊm/
    • /fəʊm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fohm]
    • /foʊm/

Definitions of foam word

  • noun foam a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.: foam on a glass of beer. 1
  • noun foam the froth of perspiration, caused by great exertion, formed on the skin of a horse or other animal. 1
  • noun foam froth formed from saliva in the mouth, as in epilepsy and rabies. 1
  • noun foam a thick frothy substance, as shaving cream. 1
  • noun foam a chemically produced substance that smothers the flames on a burning liquid by forming a layer of minute, stable, heat-resistant bubbles on the liquid's surface. the layer of bubbles so formed. 1
  • noun foam a dispersion of gas bubbles in a solid, as foam glass, foam rubber, polyfoam, or foamed metal. 1

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Origin of foam

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English fom, Old English fām; cognate with German Feim

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Foam

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

foam popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

foam usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for foam

noun foam

  • spray — a single, slender shoot, twig, or branch with its leaves, flowers, or berries.
  • froth — an aggregation of bubbles, as on an agitated liquid or at the mouth of a hard-driven horse; foam; spume.
  • cream — Cream is a thick yellowish-white liquid taken from milk. You can use it in cooking or put it on fruit or desserts.
  • surf — the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
  • headEdith, 1897–1981, U.S. costume designer.

verb foam

  • gurgle — to flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current: The water gurgled from the bottle.
  • aerate — To aerate a substance means to cause air or gas to pass through it.
  • burble — If something burbles, it makes a low continuous bubbling sound.
  • effervesce — to give off bubbles of gas, as fermenting liquors.
  • sparkle — to issue in or as if in little sparks, as fire or light: The candlelight sparkled in the crystal.

Antonyms for foam

verb foam

  • freeze — to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.

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