gas bubbles

Fizz in liquid

Gas bubbles are pockets of gas trapped within a liquid or solid.

In everyday contexts, they appear in carbonated drinks, boiling water, or rising through aquarium tanks.

The term also applies to dangerous air pockets in blood vessels or diving contexts: The diver developed gas bubbles in his joints from ascending too quickly.

Related

froth · sparkling · soda · baking soda · champagne · pop · carbon dioxide · rising · bursting · surface · oxygen · air · water · boiling · gurgling · percolating · aquarium · fish tank

Categories
Opposites
state of matter/physical form

gas bubblessediment

Particles settling in liquid

particulates · precipitate · granules · grit · crystals

density/buoyancy behavior

gas bubblessediment

Particles settling in liquid

precipitate · sludge · dregs · lees · residue

structural integrity

gas bubblespellets

Small compressed spheres

beads · ball bearings · marbles · nodules

Family

gas, bubble, gases, gaseous, gassed, gassing, gassy, bubbles, bubbled

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G