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spume
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1spume

noun \ˈspyüm\

Definition of SPUME

: frothy matter on liquids : foam, scum <ocean spume>
— spu·mous \ˈspyü-məs\ adjective
— spumy \-mē\ adjective
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Examples of SPUME

  1. <spume floating on the ocean>

Origin of SPUME

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin spuma — more at foam
First Known Use: 14th century

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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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