"seafoam" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: seafoams [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English see fom, see fome, equivalent to sea + foam. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|see fom}} Middle English see fom, {{m|enm|see fome}} see fome, {{compound|en|sea|foam}} sea + foam Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} seafoam (countable and uncountable, plural seafoams)
  1. A foam created by the agitation of seawater. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (foam created by wave action - often washed up on to beaches): havskum [neuter] (Danish), zeeschuim [neuter] (Dutch), Meeresschaum [masculine] (German), merenvaahto (Ingrian), puatai (Maori), pūtai (Maori), pūpūtai (Maori), kōputunga ngaru (Maori), морска́я пе́на (morskája péna) [feminine] (Russian), deniz köpüğü (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-seafoam-en-noun-cwEnlAG6 Disambiguation of 'foam created by wave action - often washed up on to beaches': 80 19 1
  2. A type of confectionery made with egg whites, corn syrup, and brown sugar. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-seafoam-en-noun-0CdFQdNb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 71 6
  3. Synonym of meerschaum (“type of mineral”) Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: meerschaum [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-seafoam-en-noun-aP374X0h
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sea-foam Derived forms: seafoam candy, seafoam salad

Inflected forms

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