# fouling

> accumulation of unwanted material on solid surfaces until an item no longer works properly

**Wikidata**: [Q1439803](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1439803)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouling)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/fouling


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. Quora
3. GF WordNet
4. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)