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noun
The escape of gas from solution in a liquid, especially the escape of carbon dioxide from a carbonated drink.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Vivacity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Foment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the property of giving off bubbles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bubbliness, frothiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gaseousness
noun
the process of bubbling as gas escapes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural process, natural action, action, activity
History
Borrowed from French effervescence. By surface analysis, ef- + Latin ferv- + -escence.
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
