as in bubbly
covered with, consisting of, or resembling foam foamy milk shakes

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Recent Examples of foamy The prep kitchen is decked out in a foamy pistachio green and playful tile. Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 6 Mar. 2025 The mixture of warm milk and yeast will turn foamy, which is a sign the yeast is alive, ensuring the bread will rise. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2025 To create an airy, foamy consistency, the milky coffee is poured repeatedly from the tumbler into the saucer (called a davara) and back, which also helps bring the hot brew to a comfortable drinking temperature. Meher Mirza, Saveur, 27 Feb. 2025 This isn’t like the foamy texture, but rather a solid material riddled with micrometer-sized, interconnected holes. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foamy
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Adjective
  • The difference is subtle, but the fine filter creates milk that's a bit bubblier than the ultrafine filter.
    Jaina Grey, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
  • But concerts also start feeling poppier and bubblier in springtime, perhaps in anticipation of the even warmer, wilder and grander music events of festival-frenzied summertime.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 Mar. 2024
Adjective
  • Making this change will save you money, save your clothes from being sudsy and irritating your skin, and save your washing machine the extra trouble of rinsing unnecessary bubbles!
    Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The rig features a full wet bath with a recirculating shower system that reuses 70% of your sudsy bubble-water after filtering and purifying it.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Beat egg whites and cream of tartar with a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment on medium-low speed until frothy, about 1 minute.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 8 June 2025
  • And since summer is upon us, having a roster of frothy floral numbers on hand, from Vogue editor-favorites like Bernadette, Agua by Agua Bendita, or La DoubleJ, will surely fit the mood of that dreamy, outdoor venue or rustic estate.
    Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 3 June 2025

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“Foamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foamy. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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