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🫧 With small blisters 🔬 With small bubbles
blebby

blebby

9.9
Containing many tiny bubbles or bits trapped inside glass
  • adjective
  • /ˈblɛbi/
  • Specialized
translation icon : con burbujas
  • The geologist described the mineral sample as particularly blebby, due to the numerous tiny bubbles trapped inside.

Examples

  • Manufacturers aim to minimize blebby defects when producing high-quality quartz for electronics.

  • A blebby appearance in glass can affect its clarity and overall strength.

  • Look at this blebby rock!

  • This is a blebby piece of quartz.

  • The geologist described the mineral sample as particularly blebby, due to the numerous tiny bubbles trapped inside.

  • Manufacturers aim to minimize blebby defects when producing high-quality quartz for electronics.

  • A blebby appearance in glass can affect its clarity and overall strength.

Synonyms

blebbed
vsblebby
  • Specialized
9.9

A piece of glass or stone with small bubbles inside

is broader, applying to any mineral or glass with small internal bubbles
blistered
vsblebby
3.9

Having small raised bubbles on a surface from heat or friction

is marked by tiny internal bubbles or particles rather than raised surface bubbles

How Bubbled

blistered
3.9
blebby
  • Specialized
9.9
pitted
4.4
smooth
256 1.0

Surface Forms

blebby positive

Morphology

blebby = bleb (transparent) = bleb + y

Derived by productive suffixation from 'bleb' to indicate the presence of small bubbles or blisters, so the composition is transparent.

Etymology

Blebby comes from the noun bleb, meaning a small 'bubble' or 'blister'. So in glass or minerals, blebby describes material that has many tiny bubbles or spots inside, which is why it affects the object's look and quality.