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spume


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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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

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