foam

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JUDGE: There's no question in my mind that the foam was the difference between us being able to come back to a home that's intact compared to having it burned to the ground.

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  1. noun A mass of bubbles of air or gas in a matrix of liquid film, especially an accumulation of fine, frothy bubbles formed in or on the surface of a liquid, as from agitation or fermentation.
  2. noun A thick chemical froth, such as shaving cream or a substance used to fight fires.
  3. noun Frothy saliva produced especially as a result of physical exertion or a pathological condition.
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  • Somewhere beneath the foam was the monster who had killed Elliot and La Donna, and wounded Bobbi. —  The Legacy of Heorot
  • She seemed to be talking more to herself than to Winn, so he didn't respond. —  Wait For The Sunrise
  • JUDGE: There's no question in my mind that the foam was the difference between us being able to come back to a home that's intact compared to having it burned to the ground. —  CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2007
  • JUDGE: There's no question in my mind that the foam was the difference between us being able to come back to a home that's intact, compared to have it burned to the ground. —  CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2007
  • As long as the foam is attached properly in the problem area, he said, NASA will proceed with the flight even if it does not know what caused Wednesday's excessive foam loss. —  Nevada Appeal - Top Stories
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English fom, from Old English fām.

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  1. Early modern English also fome; from Middle English fome, foom, from Anglo-Saxon fām = Low German fām = Old High German feim, Middle High German veim, German feim, dial. faum, foam. The supposed connection with L. spūma, foam, is doubtful: see spume.
  2. Early modern English also fome; from Middle English fomen; also (in older umlauted form) femen, from Anglo-Saxon fǣman = Old High German *feimjan, feiman, Middle High German veimen, German feimen, dial. fäumen, faumen, foam; from the noun.
 

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