Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The froth or foam of the ocean.
- noun Meerschaum: a translation of the German name, which is due to a popular idea that the substance is solidified sea-froth.
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Examples
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When college student Julianne Weingart walks out of the dressing room wearing a sleeveless sea-foam dress, a chorus of "That's really cute on you!" rings out.
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The pink-on-red arrangement is accented with her grandfather's chair that she reupholstered in sea-foam green.
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He has a sea-foam green Saturn from the early '90s, with worn upholstery and broken air vents.
Icicles in California Dallas Woodburn 2011
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He enters a spare chamber with a peaked roof, sea-foam green carpet and bare walls.
In church or in print, former president Jimmy Carter still preaches policy Manuel Roig-Franzia 2010
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The pink-on-red arrangement is accented with her grandfather's chair that she reupholstered in sea-foam green.
Colorful Interior For N.J. Colonial Maya Pope-Chappell 2011
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Rachel in what had to be the world's most aggressively unflattering sea-foam green bridesmaid's dress.
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Denmark's Crown Princess Mary made a wiser choice in a sea-foam green pleated gown, and not surprisingly, chose to wear the diamond and ruby parure which once belonged to Queen Ingrid of Denmark, a former Swedish princess.
Princess Victoria's Wedding <![CDATA[&]]> The Triumph Of Style In Sweden (PHOTOS, POLL) Yvonne Yorke 2010
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Denmark's Crown Princess Mary made a wiser choice in a sea-foam green pleated gown, and not surprisingly, chose to wear the diamond and ruby parure which once belonged to Queen Ingrid of Denmark, a former Swedish princess.
Yvonne Yorke: Princess Victoria's Wedding & The Triumph Of Style In Sweden (PHOTOS, POLL) 2010
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She already liked the pretty young woman with the high patrician forehead, red hair, sea-foam green eyes, and porcelain complexion.
Betrayed Robert K. Tanenbaum 2010
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There she saw her dear, sweet parents lying in bed, sleeping but pale as sea-foam.
Begonia {part one} 2010
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