bubble
/ˈbʌbəl/ noun B1- A spherically contained volume of air or other gas in a liquid, commonly a soapy liquid.
- A small spherical cavity in a solid material. · bubbles in window glass, or in a lens
- Anything resembling a hollow sphere.
- Anything lacking firmness or solidity; a cheat or fraud; an empty project.
- A period of intense speculation in a market, causing prices to rise quickly to irrational levels as the metaphorical bubble expands, and then fall even more quickly as the bubble bursts. · real estate bubble· dot-com bubble
- The emotional or physical atmosphere in which a subject is immersed; especially, a homogeneous atmosphere in which subjects are spared exposure to culture or ideas different from their own.
- An officer's station in a prison dormitory, affording views on all sides.
- A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.
Plural bubbles
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.
She and Diana fairly lived outdoors, reveling in all the delights that Lover’s Lane and the Dryad’s Bubble and Willowmere and Victoria Island afforded.
Anne spent some of its rich hours in the orchard; she went to the Dryad’s Bubble and Willowmere and Violet Vale; she called at the manse and had a satisfying talk with Mrs.
We have agreed to call the spring down by the log bridge the Dryad’s Bubble.
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