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Definition of spume noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

spume

noun
 
/spjuːm/
 
/spjuːm/
[uncountable] (literary)
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  1. the mass of white bubbles that forms in waves when the sea is rough synonym foam
    • The wind whipped up the sea into clouds of spume.
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French (e)spume or Latin spuma.
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