froth
11froth — ► NOUN 1) a mass of small bubbles in liquid caused by agitation, fermentation, or salivating. 2) impure matter that rises to the surface of liquid. 3) worthless or insubstantial talk, ideas, or activities. ► VERB ▪ form, produce, or contain froth …
12froth — n *foam, spume, scum, lather, suds, yeast Analogous words: tightness, levity, frivolity, flippancy …
13froth — [n] lather, bubbles barm, ebullition, effervescence, fizz, foam, head, scud, scum, spindrift, spray, spume, suds, yeast; concepts 260,467,468 …
14froth — froth1 [ frɔθ ] noun 1. ) singular or uncount a mass of small air BUBBLES that form on the surface of a liquid: The coffee had a milky froth on top. a ) a mass of small white BUBBLES of SALIVA coming from a person s or animal s mouth, especially… …
15froth — I UK [frɒθ] / US [frɔθ] noun 1) a) [singular/uncountable] a mass of small air bubbles that form on the surface of a liquid The coffee had a milky froth on top. b) a mass of small white bubbles of saliva coming from a person s or animal s mouth,… …
16froth — /frɒθ / (say froth) noun 1. an aggregation of bubbles, as on a fermented liquid; foam. 2. the foamy top which forms on milk when it is whipped or agitated or heated with steam. 3. any similar foamy surface, as on water stirred up by a surf. 4. a… …
17froth — [[t]frɒ̱θ, AM frɔ͟ːθ[/t]] froths, frothing, frothed 1) N UNCOUNT Froth is a mass of small bubbles on the surface of a liquid. ...the froth of bubbles on the top of a glass of beer... The froth is blown away. Syn: foam 2) VERB If a liquid froths,… …
18froth — frother, n. /frawth, froth/, n. 1. an aggregation of bubbles, as on an agitated liquid or at the mouth of a hard driven horse; foam; spume. 2. a foam of saliva or fluid resulting from disease. 3. something unsubstantial, trivial, or evanescent:… …
19froth — I. noun (plural froths) Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse frotha; akin to Old English āfrēothan to froth Date: 14th century 1. a. bubbles formed in or on a liquid ; foam b. a foamy slaver sometimes accompanying disease or exhaustion 2.… …
20froth — froth1 [frɔθ US fro:θ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old Norse; Origin: frotha] 1.) [singular, U] a mass of small ↑bubbles on the top of a liquid = ↑foam ▪ Excellent beer, he said, wiping the froth from his mouth. 2.) [singular, U] small white ↑bubbles… …
