Grumous (Adjective)
Meaning
Transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The nurse carefully removed the gauze covering the wound, revealing a large grumous scab underneath.
- After not stirring the gravy for a while, it turned into a grumous paste at the bottom of the pan.
- Inspectors found the septic tank filled to the brim with a noxious mixture of grumous biological waste.
- Her fingers sunk into the surprisingly grumous mess of rice porridge that had been left unattended for hours.
- The first responders struggled to extract the victim's legs from the grumous, asphalt mess that had engulfed them.