unfoam

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From un- +‎ foam.

Verb[edit]

unfoam (third-person singular simple present unfoams, present participle unfoaming, simple past and past participle unfoamed)

  1. (transitive, rare) To remove the foam or foaminess of, defoam.
    • 1963, The Canadian Patent Office Record, page 783:
      [] and means for unfoaming the foamable material by collapsing the bubbles thereof.