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seafoam

seafoam

3.0
A light patch of bubbles on the sea made by breaking waves
  • noun
  • /ˈsiːfoʊm/
translation icon : espuma de mar
  • And by tomorrow, he and Nina would be swooping over seafoam toward an empty blue horizon.

Examples

  • They stamped down seafoam in the places where it looked gross.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The hat in question looks like a delicate froth of seafoam to me, and I think it should bring in as high a price as the market will bear.

    Blog text (1)

  • As the wave crashed, white seafoam scattered along the shore, glistening in the sunlight.

  • A light breeze stirred up the seafoam that danced on the surface of the water.

  • The children giggled as they ran through the soft seafoam, feeling the cool spray of the ocean.

Synonyms

froth
vsseafoam
14 3.4

A layer of small bubbles on top of a liquid

is foam specifically produced by wave agitation on the sea surface
spume
vsseafoam
  • Literature
1 8.7

Foam on the sea made by waves

is foam formed by breaking waves on the sea surface

Surface Forms

seafoam singular
seafoams plural

Morphology

seafoam = sea + foam (transparent) = sea + foam

Literal compound of 'sea' + 'foam' referring directly to frothy substance on the sea surface.

Etymology

Seafoam is simply sea + foam, meaning the 'bubbly water on the sea' that waves make. So seafoam refers to the light, foamy stuff that floats on the ocean.