froth

Definition of froth in English English dictionary: foam
Froth is a very important feature of many types of coffee.; To create froth
I like to froth my coffee for ten seconds exactly, no more, no less.; unimportant events or actions; drivel
Thousands of African children die each day: why do the newspapers continue to discuss unnecessary showbiz froth?.; To bubble
The chemical frothed up when I added the acid, just as I thought it would.; {v} to foam; {n} foam, emptiness, vain words; (Master) "A foolish gentleman" in Measure for Measure Lord Froth A pompous coxcomb in The Double Dealer, by Congreve; {i} foam, light frothy mass of bubbles; nonsense; something unsubstantial, something trivial or worthless; {f} cover with a mass of bubbles; churn to foam, cause to turn to froth; form bubbles; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water"; To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths; Light, unsubstantial matter; Froth is a mass of small bubbles on the surface of a liquid. the froth of bubbles on the top of a glass of beer The froth is blown away. = foam; a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement; To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain; disapproval If you refer to an activity or object as froth, you disapprove of it because it appears exciting or attractive, but has very little real value or importance. No substance at all, just froth; If a liquid froths, small bubbles appear on its surface. The sea froths over my feet Add a little of the warmed milk and allow to froth a little; To spit, vent, or eject, as froth; A type of foam in which solid particles are also dispersed in the liquid (in addition to the gas bubbles); An aggregation of bubbles; To cause to foam; a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid; make froth or foam and become bubbly; "The river foamed; The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp; A mixture of air, water and bitumen which rises to the surface of the primary separation vessel; Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought; make froth or foam and become bubbly; "The river foamed"
froth pack: a term used to describe small, disposable aerosol cans that contain spray polyurethane foam (SPF) components
To froth: spume
frothed: past of froth
frothed: {s} foamed
frothily: in a frothy manner; "the champagne poured frothily into the glasses
frothily: in a frothy manner, in a foamy manner; superficially
frothily: In a frothy manner
frothing: present participle of froth
frothing: producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease; "the rabid animal's frothing mouth"
frothing: covered with or resembling small bubbles as from being agitated by beating or heating; "the bubbling candy mixture"; "a cup of foaming cocoa"; "frothy milkshakes"; "frothy waves"; "spumy surf"
frothing: {s} foaming, process of becoming frothy, gathering together of bubbles
frothing: Exaggerated declamation; rant
froths: third-person singular of froth
sea froth: See Sea foam, 2

froth

Turkish pronunciation

frôth

Synonyms

barm, ebullition, effervescence, fizz, foam, head, scud, scum, spindrift, spray, spume, suds, yeast

Pronunciation

/ˈfrôᴛʜ/ /ˈfrɔːθ/

Etymology

[ 'froth ] (noun.) 14th century. c.1300, from Old Norse froða, from Proto-Germanic *freuth-; Old English afreoðan (“to froth”) is from same Germanic root. Verb attested from late 14th century.“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001