loam
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Definition of loam
4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
“Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth to dust, the dust is earth, of earth we make loam, and of why that loam whereto he was converted might they not stop a beer-barrel?”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
“Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth to dust, the dust is earth, of earth we make loam, and of why that loam whereto he was converted might they not stop a beer-barrel?”
- (countable, uncountable)A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.
verb
- To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
adj
- (not-comparable)Made of loam; consisting of loam.
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Etymology
From Middle English lome, lame, lam, from Old English lām (“clay, mud, mire, earth”), from Proto-West Germanic *laim, from Proto-Germanic *laimaz, *laimô (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Leem (“loam”), West Frisian liem (“loam”), Dutch leem (“loam”), German Lehm (“loam”). Related also to lime.
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