Definitions
become bubbly or frothy or foaming
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“Similarly, the biotech giant Cargill has begun manufacturing a polymer from vegetable oils that is used in polyurethane foams, which is found in beddings, furniture and car-seat headrests.”
“Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.”
“’Tis thou that rigg’st the bark and plough’st the foam,”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer9 curated clues
01“Bubbles on a latte”4 letters
02“Bubbly froth”4 letters
03“Bubbly layer on coffee”4 letters
04“Bubbly layer on waves”4 letters
05“Froth on a cappuccino”4 letters
06“Froth on a latte”4 letters
07“Soap bubbles”4 letters
08“Sudsy bubbles”4 letters
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