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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
bubble
/ˈbʌb.əl/
noun1 of 2
a small ball of air inside of a liquid
- “They were happy at first, but then the bubble burst.”Tatoeba
- “During the bubble, people dreamed of a life of leisure.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
verb2 of 2
To churn or foment, as if wishing to rise to the surface.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)