coolamon

[ koo-luh-mon, -muhn ]

noun

1. a basinlike dish made from wood or bark by Aboriginal inhabitants of Australia.

coolamon

/ ˈkuːləmɒn /

noun

1. a shallow dish of wood or bark, used for carrying water

Word History and Origins

Origin of coolamon¹

First recorded in 1840–50, coolamon is from the Kamilaroi word gulaman

Word History and Origins

Origin of coolamon¹

C19: from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

When the siblings returned to their mother’s homeland as teenagers, their extended family gave Garstone’s aunt, Anne Rivers, a coolamon, a type of shallow dish, decorated with two bottle trees, or boabs.

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