skum.
foam, froth (a mass of small bubbles in a liquid)
Meaning & usage
foam, froth (a mass of small bubbles in a liquid)
foam (plastic material with numerous small pockets of air or gas)
Where this word comes from
Either from an unattested Old Norse *skúm or borrowed from Middle Low German schūm, from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz m (“foam”), cognate with German Schaum, Dutch schuim, English scum.
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