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foam
What does foam mean?
foam (noun): a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce foam?
/foʊm/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does foam come from?
From Middle English fom, foom, from Old English fām.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to foam
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “foam” mean?
a set of structured activities; a plan of action
Not quite: that's what program means.
a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
Not quite: that's what rate means.
a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
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the terminal point of something in space or time
Not quite: that's what end means.
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