Definition of spumenext
as in foam
a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid spume floating on the ocean

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Recent Examples of spume But for all those currents to crash together in a great spume of music and emotion on December 18, 1962, artists and audiences required a special room, the basic apparatus of togetherness in Europe’s musical tradition. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024 The rasp, first pressed into the ice block, tense as a spring, suddenly surfs across the berg, scraping up a spume of glittering white snow as stray flecks flutter into the air. — Ethan Pan, Outside Online, 23 May 2024 The water’s edge was frothed into a pink spume - evidence, Kolya speculated, that the artemia were spawning. — Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022 Standing on these beaches creates a sense of natural infinity – of white sand, of frothy spume, of blue-green water. — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021 In the intervening seven decades, the event has developed from a small sports-car show and race into a weeklong car-and-lifestyle bacchanal that blankets the Monterey Peninsula in plumes of blue smoke and champagne spume. — Brett Berk, Car and Driver, 2 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spume
Noun
  • The space shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry because of a piece of foam that the astronaut estimates might have weighed about as much as a Styrofoam container.
    — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Between the milk to matcha ratios, to whether or not a drink needs a cold foam, the two take their time to understand the intricacies of making a tasty drink.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • There is a small chance for isolated Coastal Flood Warnings (highest chances Wednesday-Thursday) if larger surf develops.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Washout risks, high surf and erosion have closed the rail line for days over the summer.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

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“Spume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spume. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.

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