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 The water’s edge was frothed into a pink spume — evidence, Kolya speculated, that the artemia were spawning. Henry Wismayer, Washington Post, 29 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 deep heel cup provides maximum stability, and the cushy natural foam helps distribute pressure evenly throughout the foot, creating a ridiculously comfortable and soft underfoot with every step.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Strain gently into a coupe or cocktail glass, express a lemon peel over the top and discard (for aroma), and decorate the foam with drops of angostura bitters (for visuals).
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The swells could produce life-threatening surf and rip currents, according to the National Weather Service.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • There are many Space Coast surf schools to choose from, and never a bad time of year to get in the water.
    Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Spume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spume. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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