Definitions for foamfoʊm

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

foamfoʊm(n.)

  1. a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.

  2. frothy perspiration on the skin, as of a horse.

  3. froth formed from saliva in the mouth, as in rabies.

  4. a thick, frothy substance, as shaving cream.

  5. a substance that smothers flames on a burning liquid by forming a layer of minute, stable, heat-resistant bubbles on the liquid's surface.

    Category: Chemistry

  6. a lightweight material in which gas bubbles are dispersed in a solid, as foam rubber.

    Category: Chemistry

  7. Literary. the sea.

  8. (v.i.)to form or gather foam; emit foam; froth.

  9. (v.t.)to cause to foam.

  10. to insulate or cover with foam.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  11. to make (plastic, metal, etc.) into a foam.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of foam:

bef. 900; ME fom, OE fām; c. OHG feim

foam′a•ble(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. foam, froth(noun)

    a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid

    "the beer had a thick head of foam"

  2. foam(verb)

    a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture

  3. foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle, form bubbles(verb)

    become bubbly or frothy or foaming

    "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. foam(noun)ʊm

    small bubbles formed on a liquid's surface

    the foam on a glass of beer

  2. foamʊm

    light bubbly cleaning or cosmetic substance

    shaving foam

  3. foamʊm

    soft plastic substance used to fill furniture

    foam cushions

  4. foam(verb)ʊm

    (of liquid) to produce foam

    champagne foaming out of the bottle

Wiktionary

  1. foam(Noun)

    A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains.

  2. foam(Noun)

    sea foam; the sea.

    He is in Europe, across the foam.

  3. foam(Verb)

    To form or emit foam.

  4. Origin: From fom, from fam, from faimaz, from poyǝmn-. Cognate with Feim, spuma, pumex, fê.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Foam(noun)

    the white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids, or in the mouth of an animal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth; spume; scum; as, the foam of the sea

  2. Foam(noun)

    to gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam

  3. Foam(noun)

    to form foam, or become filled with foam; -- said of a steam boiler when the water is unduly agitated and frothy, as because of chemical action

  4. Foam(u)

    to cause to foam; as,to foam the goblet; also (with out), to throw out with rage or violence, as foam


Translations for foam

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

foam(noun)

a mass of small bubbles on the surface of liquids etc.

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