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culms

culms is the plural of culm.

Meaning of culm

Noun (1)

culm (countable and uncountable, plural culms)

  1. Waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel.
    • Holonyms: spoils, tailings
    Synonyms:
    slack
  2. The spoils from which such low-quality coal can be retrieved.
    • culm dump
    Synonyms:
    tailings
  3. Anthracite, especially when found in small masses.

Noun (2)

culm (plural culms)

  1. The stem of a plant, especially of grass or sedge.
    • […] because, upon hearing him out, she sank down on the lawn in an impossible posture, examining a grass culm and frowning, he had taken his words back at once; […]1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire, page 150

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Questions about culms

What is culms the plural of?
Culms is the plural of culm.

Words near culms in the dictionary

  1. culminativity
  2. Culmington
  3. culminicorn
  4. culminicorns
  5. Culmont
  6. culms
  7. Culmstock
  8. culmy
  9. culo
  10. Culotta
  11. Culottas

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