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spumes

spumes is the plural of spume.

spumes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spume.

Meaning of spume

Noun

spume (countable and uncountable, plural spumes)

  1. Foam or froth of liquid, particularly that of seawater.
    • Materials dark and crude, / Of spiritous and fiery spume.1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

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Questions about spumes

What is spumes the plural of?
Spumes is the plural of spume.

Words near spumes in the dictionary

  1. spume
  2. spumed
  3. spumellarian
  4. spumellarians
  5. spumeous
  6. spumes
  7. spumescence
  8. spumescent
  9. spumid
  10. spumier
  11. spumiest

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