Definition of spumenext
as in foam
a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid spume floating on the ocean

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Recent Examples of spume But for all those currents to crash together in a great spume of music and emotion on December 18, 1962, artists and audiences required a special room, the basic apparatus of togetherness in Europe’s musical tradition. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024 The rasp, first pressed into the ice block, tense as a spring, suddenly surfs across the berg, scraping up a spume of glittering white snow as stray flecks flutter into the air. — Ethan Pan, Outside Online, 23 May 2024 The water’s edge was frothed into a pink spume - evidence, Kolya speculated, that the artemia were spawning. — Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022 Standing on these beaches creates a sense of natural infinity – of white sand, of frothy spume, of blue-green water. — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021 In the intervening seven decades, the event has developed from a small sports-car show and race into a weeklong car-and-lifestyle bacchanal that blankets the Monterey Peninsula in plumes of blue smoke and champagne spume. — Brett Berk, Car and Driver, 2 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spume
Noun
  • That album drew Simmons’ bass and Bindeman’s drums to the fore of the mix, letting Harris’ guitar and vocals foam behind the rhythm section’s discrete peaks.
    — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026
  • During the launch, a chunk of insulating foam broke off of the external tank and hit the bottom of the rocket booster, leaving a huge dent.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026
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  • Meanwhile, a swell from Hurricane Rachel is expected to bring elevated surf of 5 to 6 feet to area beaches on Tuesday through Thursday, according to the weather service forecast.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Rachel’s swells are expected to generate life-threatening surf and rip-current conditions off Mexico’s coast, the NHC warned.
    — Fabiola Sanchez, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026

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“Spume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spume. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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