foam
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
the beer had a thick head of foam
Types & categories
- bubble hypernym
- shaving foam hyponym
- head hyponym
- lather hyponym
- suds hyponym
- spume hyponym
- white water hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
become bubbly or frothy or foaming
The boiling soup was frothing
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- bubbliness derivation
- fizz derivation
- foam derivation
- effervescence derivation
- effervescent derivation
- effervescent derivation
Sense 3 noun
a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture
Types & categories
- material hypernym
- Styrofoam hyponym
- foam rubber hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spume |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fizz |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bubbly |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bubble |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shaving foam |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | head |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lather |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | suds |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spume |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | white water |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bubbliness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fizz |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | foam |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | effervescence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | effervescent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | effervescent |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bubble |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lather |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | seethe |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | material |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Styrofoam |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | foam rubber |