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  • 21froth-fomy — froth foˈmy adjective (Spenser) Foaming • • • Main Entry: ↑froth …

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  • 22froth — n *foam, spume, scum, lather, suds, yeast Analogous words: tightness, levity, frivolity, flippancy …

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  • 23froth — [n] lather, bubbles barm, ebullition, effervescence, fizz, foam, head, scud, scum, spindrift, spray, spume, suds, yeast; concepts 260,467,468 …

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  • 24Froth flotation — Diagram of a cylindrical froth flotation cell with camera and light used in image analysis of the froth surface. Froth flotation is a process for selectively separating hydrophobic materials from hydrophilic. This is used in several processing… …

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  • 25froth — 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… …

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  • 26froth — 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,… …

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  • 27froth — /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… …

  • 28froth — [[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,… …

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  • 29froth — 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:… …

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  • 30froth — 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.… …

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