Foam
(n.) The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids, or in the mouth of an animal, by violent agitation or fermentation |
Foam
(n.) To gather foam |
Foam
(n.) To form foam, or become filled with foam |
Foam
(v.t.) To cause to foam |
Glass-sponge
(n.) A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera |
India rubber
() See Caoutchouc. |
Rubber
(n.) One who, or that which, rubs. |
Rubber
(n.) An instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning. |
Rubber
(n.) A coarse file, or the rough part of a file. |
Rubber
(n.) A whetstone |
Rubber
(n.) An eraser, usually made of caoutchouc. |
Rubber
(n.) The cushion of an electrical machine. |
Rubber
(n.) One who performs massage, especially in a Turkish bath. |
Rubber
(n.) Something that chafes or annoys |
Rubber
(n.) In some games, as whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, when there is a tie between the players |
Rubber
(n.) India rubber |
Rubber
(n.) An overshoe made of India rubber. |
Sea foam
() Foam of sea water. |
Sea foam
() Meerschaum |
Sponge
(n.) Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae. |
Sponge
(n.) The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongiae (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies. |
Sponge
(n.) One who lives upon others |
Sponge
(n.) Any spongelike substance. |
Sponge
(n.) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven. |
Sponge
(n.) Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition. |
Sponge
(n.) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked. |
Sponge
(n.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff. |
Sponge
(n.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel. |
Sponge
(v. t.) To cleanse or wipe with a sponge |
Sponge
(v. t.) To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing |
Sponge
(v. t.) Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition. |
Sponge
(v. t.) Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost |
Sponge
(v. i.) To suck in, or imbile, as a sponge. |
Sponge
(v. i.) Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on |
Sponge
(v. i.) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or leaven. |
| sponge bath | you wash your body with a sponge or washcloth instead of in a bathtub |
sightseeing
rubber-necking | going about to look at places of interest |
| rubber stamp | routine authorization of an action without questions |
rubber boa
tow-headed snake
Charina bottae | boa of grasslands and woodlands of western North America, looks and feels like rubber with tail and head of similar shape |
sponge
poriferan
parazoan | primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework, usually occurs in sessile colonies |
| sponge genus | a genus of Porifera |
| glass sponge | a siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae |
arctic
galosh
golosh
rubber
gumshoe | a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow |
car tire
automobile tire
auto tire
rubber tire | a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel |
condom
rubber safety safe prophylactic | contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse |
handstamp
rubber stamp | a stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand |
latex paint
latex
rubber-base paint | a water-base paint that has a latex binder |
rubber band
elastic band
elastic | a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together |
rubber boot
gum boot | a high boot made of rubber |
| rubber bullet | a bullet made of hard rubber, designed for use in crowd control |
rubber eraser
rubber pencil eraser | an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber), commonly mounted at one end of a pencil |
| shaving foam | toiletry consisting of a liquid preparation containing many small bubbles that soften the beard before shaving |
| sponge cloth | any soft porous fabric (especially in a loose honeycomb weave) |
| sponge mop | a wet mop with a sponge as the absorbent |
toilet bag
sponge bag | a waterproof bag for holding bathrooms items (soap and toothpaste etc.) when you are travelling |
| sponge cake | a light porous cake made with eggs and flour and sugar without shortening |
Madeira cake
Madeira sponge | a rich sponge cake with close texture, intended to be eaten with a glass of Madeira wine |
Victoria sandwich
Victoria sponge | a cake consisting of two layers of sponge cake with a jelly filling in between |
foam
froth | a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid, the beer had a thick head of foam |
leech
parasite
sponge
sponger | a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage |
quick study
sponge | someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily, she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge |
luffa
dishcloth gourd
sponge gourd
rag gourd
strainer vine | any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits, grown commercially for the mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a sponge |
loofah
vegetable sponge
Luffa cylindrica | the loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit |
loofa
loofah luffa loufah sponge | the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa, used as a washing sponge or strainer |
Indiaubber tree
Indiaubber plant
Indiaubber fig
rubber plant
Assam rubber
Ficus elastica | large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant, source of Assam rubber |
mistletoe fig
mistletoe rubber plant
Ficus diversifolia
Ficus deltoidea | shrub or small tree often grown as a houseplant having foliage like mistletoe |
Hevea
rubber tree
genus Hevea | small genus of South American trees yielding latex, rubber trees are usually cultivated in plantations |
Para rubber tree
caoutchouc tree
Hevea brasiliensis | deciduous tree of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers having leathery leaves and fragrant yellow-white flowers, it yields a milky juice that is the chief source of commercial rubber |
| Rufous rubber cup | a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae |
common morel
Morchella esculenta
sponge mushroom
sponge morel | an edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges |
| sponge | a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used |
| rubber cement | an adhesive made by dissolving unvulcanized rubber in a solvent like benzene or naphtha |
| foam | a lightweight material in cellular form, made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture |
| foam rubber | spongy rubber, made by introducing air bubbles before vulcanization and used for cushioning or upholstery |
polyfoam
polyurethane foam | a foam made by adding water to polyurethane plastics |
rubber
natural rubber
India rubber
gum elastic
caoutchouc | an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products |
| crepe rubber | crude natural rubber, used mainly for shoe soles |
| rubber synthetic rubber | any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber |
| silicone rubber | made from silicone elastomers, retains flexibility resilience and tensile strength over a wide temperature range |
| cold rubber | a rubber made at low temperatures ( degrees Centigrade) which is tougher than conventional rubber and is often used in car tires |
hard rubber
vulcanite
ebonite | a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber |
| Para rubber | a type of natural rubber obtained from tropical South American trees |
buna
buna rubber | made by polymerizing butadiene |
| butyl rubber | synthetic rubber made by polymerizing isobutylene |
| sponge down | wash with a sponge |