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View synonyms for culm
culm
1[ kuhlm ]
noun
- coal dust; slack.
- anthracite, especially of inferior grade.
culm
2[ kuhlm ]
noun
- a stem or stalk, especially the jointed and usually hollow stem of grasses.
verb (used without object)
- to grow or develop into a culm.
Culm
1noun
- a formation consisting mainly of shales and sandstone deposited during the Carboniferous period in parts of Europe
culm
2/ kʌlm /
noun
- the hollow jointed stem of a grass or sedge
culm
3/ kʌlm /
noun
- coal-mine waste
- inferior anthracite
culm
/ kŭlm /
- The stem of a grass or similar plant.
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of culm1
C19: from culm 1
Origin of culm2
C17: from Latin culmus stalk; see haulm
Origin of culm3
C14: probably related to coal
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Example Sentences
The men—the lime-burners—were not long gone, and the culm was still burning.
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Anthracite or Culm is a kind of coal containing 90 per cent.
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The sides and top are covered with culm or slack, and the heap is kindled from certain openings towards the circumference.
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The Culm used to be a good river at Culmstock, tormented already by a factory, but not strangled as yet by a railroad.
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How it is now the present writer does not know, and is afraid to ask, having heard of a vile "Culm Valley Line."
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