floc

American

[flok] / flɒk /

noun

Also a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.

verb (used with or without object)

flocced, floccing

to amass or collect into flocs.

floc British

/ flɒk /

noun

another word for floccule

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Etymology

Origin of floc

1920–25; < Latin floccus floccus

Example Sentences

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What results is an unappetizing green-brown foamy substance known as floc, which is skimmed mechanically from the surface of the water in 48 concrete troughs, 25 feet deep, 22 feet wide and 33 feet long.

From New York Times

Also among the bugs was a floc of wastes from the petroleum dining.

From US News

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