spume.

Foam produced when water is violently stirred, especially at sea.

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Words that belong together

• white spume
• flying spume

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The wind lifted white spume from the tops of the waves.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: uncommon.