FOAM


Meaning of FOAM in English

(~s)

1.

Foam consists of a mass of small bubbles that are formed when air and a liquid are mixed together.

The water curved round the rocks in great bursts of ~.

= froth

N-UNCOUNT

2.

Foam is used to refer to various kinds of manufactured products which have a soft, light texture like a thick liquid.

...shaving ~.

= cream

N-MASS

3.

Foam or ~ rubber is soft rubber full of small holes which is used, for example, to make mattresses and cushions.

...modern three-piece suites filled with ~ rubber...

We had given him a large ~ mattress to sleep on.

N-MASS

4.

If a liquid ~s, it is full of small bubbles and keeps moving slightly.

I let the water run into it and we watched as it ~ed and bubbled.

...ravines with ~ing rivers rushing through them.

= froth

VERB: V, V-ing

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