loam
UK/ləʊm//loʊm/
loam noun: a type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
Noun
loam (countable and uncountable, plural loams)
- A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
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- A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.
Verb
loam (third-person singular simple present loams, present participle loaming, simple past and past participle loamed)
- To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
Adjective
loam (not comparable)
- Made of loam; consisting of loam.
loam meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
loam in Tamil
- களிமண் வண்டல், களிச்சேற்று வண்டல், களிமணல், ஈரக்களிமண், பதமண், இருபொறை மண்
loam in Malayalam
- കളിമണ്ണു പൂശുക, തേയ്ക്കുക, എക്കൽകൊണ്ടു മൂടുക
loam in Kannada
- ಕಳಿಮಣ್ಣು, ಕಡುಮಣ್ಣು, ಕಲಸುಮಣ್ಣು, ಕೊಳೆತ ಸಸ್ಯ ಪದಾರ್ಥ, ಗೋಡು, ಮರಳು ಜೇಡಿ
Examples of loam in a sentence
- Shell sand is a useful manure for clay soils, heavy loams, and newly reclaimed bogs.
- The earthy smell of fresh turned loam told me the farmer had started plowing this morning, the definitive sign of spring for me.
- Then they extract a three-angled beechnut from its cupule, weigh it, and push it into the loam.
Forms of loam
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | loams |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | loams |
| present participle | loaming |
| past participle | loamed |
| past | loamed |
Origin of loam
From Middle English lom, lome, 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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Questions about loam
- What does loam mean?
- Loam means a type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
- What is loam in Tamil?
- Loam in Tamil is களிமண் வண்டல், களிச்சேற்று வண்டல், களிமணல். See Loam meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is loam?
- Loam can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce loam?
- Loam is pronounced /ləʊm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of loam?
- The plural of loam is loams.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: loam (page history and authors); loam (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); loam (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); loam (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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