bubble [cloud.]
Roget category 353
3. Words relating to matter› 3.2. Inorganic matter
›› 3.2.3. Imperfect fluids
#353.
[Mixture of air and water.]
Bubble
[Cloud.]
noun
bubble,
foam,
froth,
head,
spume,
lather,
suds,
spray,
surf,
yeast,
barm†,
spindrift.
cloud,
vapor,
fog,
mist,
haze,
steam,
geyser —
scud,
messenger,
rack,
nimbus —
cumulus,
woolpack†,
cirrus,
stratus —
cirrostratus,
cumulostratus —
cirrocumulus —
mackerel sky,
mare's tale,
dirty sky —
curl cloud —
frost smoke —
thunderhead.
[Science of clouds]
nephelognosy† —
nephograph†,
nephology†.
effervescence,
fermentation —
bubbling
etc.
v..
nebula —
cloudliness
etc.
(opacity)
426† —
nebulosity
etc.
(dimness)
422.
verb
bubble,
boil,
foam,
froth,
mantle,
sparkle,
guggle†,
gurgle —
effervesce,
ferment,
fizzle.
adjective
bubbling
etc.
v. —
frothy,
nappy†,
effervescent,
sparkling,
mousseux [Fr.],
frothy [Fr.Tr.],
up.
cloudy
etc.
n. —
thunderheaded† —
vaporous,
nebulous,
overcast.
phrase
the lowring element scowls o'er the darkened the lowring element scowls o'er the darkened landscip"
[Paradise Lost].
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