froth
pronunciation
How to pronounce froth in British English:
UK [frɒθ]
How to pronounce froth in American English:
US [frɔθ]
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- Noun:
- a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
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- Verb:
- form bubbles
- make froth or foam and become bubbly
Word Origin
- froth (n.)
- c. 1300, from an unrecorded Old English word, or else from Old Norse froða "froth," from Proto-Germanic *freuth- "froth" (cognates Swedish fradga, Danish fraade). Old English had afreoðan "to froth," from the same root. The modern verb is late 14c., from the noun. Related: Frothed; frothing.
Example
- 1. Local equity and property markets are starting to froth .
- 2. Both the property and stock markets show distinct froth .
- 3. The froth in china 's web industry could also lead to unrealistic valuations elsewhere .
- 4. Between 1997 and 2007 britain boomed , with much of the froth in the public sector and construction .
- 5. Froth then started to bubble from its mouth .