foam

Meaning

1. A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
2. A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
3. A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
4. A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
5. A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
6. A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially
7. A material formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid.
8. The sea.
9. Fury.
10. Sneakers.

froth

form bubbles

be frothy

of the sea

soap-suds

cellular material

expanded material

rubber foam

volcanic foam

boil up turbulently

foam plastic

head on beer

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/foʊm/

From Middle English fom, foom, from Old English fām, from Proto-West Germanic *faim, from Proto-Germanic *faimaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)poHy-m-os, from *(s)poH(y)- (“foam”). Cognate with German Feim (“foam”), Latin spūma (“foam”), Latin pūmex (“pumice”), Sanskrit फेन (phéna, “foam”), possibly Northern Kurdish fê (“epilepsy”).