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sammel

sammel noun: sandy gravel; loamy gravel used for puddling.

Noun

sammel (countable and uncountable, plural sammels)

  1. (dialectal) Sandy gravel; loamy gravel used for puddling.
  2. (dialectal) Gravelly yellow clay.
  3. (dialectal) A brick in a kiln that is crumbly due to not being thoroughly burned, usually one that lies outermost.

Adjective

sammel (comparative more sammel, superlative most sammel)

  1. (dialectal) Mixed with lime for mortar.
  2. Imperfectly burnt; (by extension) soft and crumbling.

Forms of sammel

Noun
pluralsammels
alternative formsammil
alternative formsamel
Adjective
comparativemore sammel
superlativemost sammel

Origin of sammel

Uncertain. Perhaps ultimately from Old English *samǣlan (“to half-burn”), from sam- (“half-, partly”) + ǣlan (“to burn”).

Words formed from sammel

  • sammelbrick

Questions about sammel

What does sammel mean?
Sammel means sandy gravel; loamy gravel used for puddling.
What part of speech is sammel?
Sammel can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of sammel?
The plural of sammel is sammels.

Words near sammel in the dictionary

  1. Sammarcos
  2. Sammarinese
  3. Sammartino
  4. Sammartinos
  5. sammed
  6. sammel
  7. Sammi
  8. sammich
  9. sammiches
  10. sammie
  11. sammied

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