Foamite

Quick meaning: Foamite is a noun meaning A foamy substance formerly used for extinguishing fire, and in making fake snow for movies.

Meaning

A foamy substance formerly used for extinguishing fire, and in making fake snow for movies.

Example Sentences

A new kind of snow, made from foamite, sugar, soap flakes and water, was produced for filming.

The following changes relating to foamite fire extinguishers, fire pail, and system were made in the list of equipments approved […]

The foamite snow could therefore look soft and fluffy, like a whirling storm, or as wild as a raging blizzard. “Tastes swell, too,” Jimmy Stewart would later tell a publicist.

Foamite Firefoam is fatal to fire - even blazing oil! Firefoam is a fire smothering, fire extinguishing foam which covers all burning objects like a blanket. It puts out fire quicker than other extinguishing agents,[…]

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