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¹spume

noun \ˈspyüm\

: bubbles that form on ocean waves

Full Definition of SPUME

: frothy matter on liquids : foam, scum <ocean spume>

— spu·mous \ˈspyü-məs\ adjective

— spumy \-mē\ adjective

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Origin of SPUME

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin spuma — more at foam

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to SPUME

Synonyms: froth, head, lather, foam, suds, surf

Rhymes with SPUME

bloom, boom, broom, brume, combe, cwm, doom, flume, fume, gloom, glume, groom, khoum, loom, neume, plume, rheum, room, tomb, toom, vroom, whom, womb, zoom

²spume

intransitive verb

spumedspum·ing

Definition of SPUME

: froth, foam

First Known Use of SPUME

14th century

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