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bloom noun

  /bluːm/
  • The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.
 pruine, duvet, velours
  • (uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
 efflorescence, en fleurs, floraison
  • (figuratively) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
  • (mineralogy) A bright-hued variety of some minerals.
 fleur
  • (culinary) A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
 voile

bloom noun

  /bluːm/
  • The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.
 loupe

blooming adjective

  /ˈbluː.mɪŋ/ , /ˈblʊ.mɪŋ/
  • Opening in blossoms; flowering.
 en fleur
  • Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor, vigour; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.
 florissant, florissante
  • (British, AU, dated) A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.
 sacré, sacrée

blooming noun

  /ˈbluː.mɪŋ/ , /ˈblʊ.mɪŋ/
  • The act by which something blooms.
 fleurissement
zinc bloom
hydrozincite
algal bloom
efflorescence algale
zinc-bloom
zincosine
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