foam
A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains,…A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially
» The sea was white with foam.
Море было белым от пены.
Море было белое от пены.
Море було біле від піни.
Meaning
11 senses(countable, uncountable)A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially
A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
(countable, uncountable)A collection of small bubbles created when the surface of a body of water is moved by tides, wind, etc.
(countable, uncountable)A collection of small bubbles formed from bodily fluids such as saliva or sweat.
a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
(countable, uncountable)A collection of small bubbles on the surface of a liquid that is heated, fermented or carbonated.
(countable, uncountable)A collection of small bubbles created by mixing soap with water.
(countable, uncountable)A collection of small bubbles formed by mixing an extinguishing agent with water, used to cover and extinguish fires.
(countable, uncountable)A food prepared in the form of a mass of airy bubbles.
His specialty is a mango foam.
(countable, uncountable)A material formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid.
A foam mat can soften a hard seat.
(countable, figuratively, poetic, uncountable)The sea.
He is in Europe, across the foam.
(countable, uncountable)Fury, rage, ire.
(countable, in the plural, uncountable)Sneakers.
Schaumgummi
пенопла́стpenoplást, пороло́нporolón
пінопла́стpinoplást
Examples
41 sentencesThe sea was white with foam.
Море було біле від піни.
ruМоре было белым от пены.
Most shoe soles nowadays are made from foam.
Більшість підошв на сьогоднішний день робиться з піни.
The mermaid turned to foam.
Русалка перетворилася на піну.
ruРусалка превратилась в пену.
deDie Meerjungfrau verwandelte sich in Schaum.
The foam vanished in an instant.
deDer Schaum war sofort verschwunden.
Beer makes a lot of foam.
ruПиво сильно пенится.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English fom, foom, from Old English fām, from Proto-West Germanic *faim, fromFrom 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”).
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Forms
plural: foamsSynonyms
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46 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable