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defoamer

defoamer noun: any chemical agent used for defoaming; an antifoaming agent.

Noun

defoamer (plural defoamers)

  1. Any chemical agent used for defoaming; an antifoaming agent.
    • Nowadays silicone-free defoamers are used moreand more in many applications.2007, Theo Mang, Wilfried Dresel, Lubricants and Lubrication, page 106

defoamer meaning in Tamil

defoamer in Tamil

நுரை நீக்கி

Forms of defoamer

pluraldefoamers

Origin of defoamer

From defoam + -er.

Questions about defoamer

What does defoamer mean?
Defoamer means any chemical agent used for defoaming; an antifoaming agent.
What is defoamer in Tamil?
Defoamer in Tamil is நுரை நீக்கி. See Defoamer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is defoamer?
Defoamer is a noun.
What is the plural of defoamer?
The plural of defoamer is defoamers.

Words near defoamer in the dictionary

  1. defn
  2. defns
  3. defo
  4. defoam
  5. defoamed
  6. defoamer
  7. defoamers
  8. defoaming
  9. defoams
  10. defocus
  11. defocused

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Adapted from Wiktionary: defoamer (page history and authors); defoamer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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