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defoam

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-foam
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove the foam from.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From de- + foam.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

defoams (present, singular) defoaming (participle, present) defoamed (participle, past) defoamed (past)

Derived Forms

defoamer

Rhymes With

home go home come home group home rome poem dome chrome foam rom genome jerome

Questions

What does defoam mean?
To remove the foam from.
Where does defoam come from?
From de- + foam.

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