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Word entry · 5 letters

froth

Best crossword clue

"Beer foam"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /fɹɒθ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted fhortStarts with FEnds with H1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A mass of small bubbles or foam.

Word origin

From Middle English froth, frooth, froþ, likely a borrowing from Old Norse froða, from Proto-Germanic *fruþǭ; Old English āfrēoþan (“to foam, froth”) is from same Germanic root. Verb attested from late 14th century. Compare Swedish fradga.

Used in a sentence

  • Froth is a very important feature of many types of coffee.
  • Froth or scum at the paper machine consists largely of clay, rosin, and starch.
  • Shortly after we started, while still off the lower end of the island, we sighted a steep point on the coast where the sea was in a great state of turmoil, white with soapy froth.

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