foam

foam is a 4-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. 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. noun. To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam.
3. 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. transitive verb. To cause to foam; as,to foam the goblet; also (with out), to throw out with rage or violence, as foam.
5. noun. a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid

   "the beer had a thick head of foam"

   Synonyms: froth

6. noun. a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture
7. verb. become bubbly or frothy or foaming

   "The boiling soup was frothing"

   "The river was foaming"

   Synonyms: effervesce, fizz, froth, sparkle

Synonyms

froth, effervesce, fizz, sparkle

Common word forms

foams, foamed, foamer, foaming, foamable, foamless

Words from these letters

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