floc

About 0.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed.
2. noun A flocculant, as used in swimming pools to make particles clump together so they are trapped by the filter.
3. verb To use a flocculant in (a swimming pool).

Similar words

floccule formers flocc flocculate flocculation flocculant flocculus floccus floscule floatsome

Often followed by

formation size particles is and in structure particle strength

Word family

flocs