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EFFERVESCENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of giving off bubbles
Synonyms:
bubbliness; effervescence; frothiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("effervescence" is a kind of...):
gaseousness (having the consistency of a gas)
Derivation:
effervesce (become bubbly or frothy or foaming)
effervescent ((of a liquid) giving off bubbles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The process of bubbling as gas escapes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("effervescence" is a kind of...):
action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))
Derivation:
effervesce (become bubbly or frothy or foaming)
effervescent ((of a liquid) giving off bubbles)
