loam
[lohm]
noun
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
a mixture of clay, sand, straw, etc., used in making molds for founding and in plastering walls, stopping holes, etc.
earth or soil.
Obsolete. clay or clayey earth.
verb (used with object)
to cover or stop with loam.
Origin of loam
before 900; late Middle English lome, earlier lam(e), Old English lām; cognate with Dutch leem, German Lehm loam, clay; akin to lime1
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estate, soil, terrain, home, earth, continent, ground, plot, district, area, field, homeland, territory, beach, province, parcel, countryside, acreage, tract, nationExamples from the Web for loam
Historical Examples of loam
The loam should be slightly moist, and free from organic matter.
The Mushroom, Edible and OtherwiseM. E. Hard
A stiff, half-clay soil with some loam is best suited to this crop.
Agriculture for BeginnersCharles William Burkett
Loam: an earthy mixture of clay and sand with organic matter.
Agriculture for BeginnersCharles William Burkett
Test with clay, gravel, and loam, also with mixtures of these and leaf-mould.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature StudyOntario Ministry of Education
Every plant had all the loam, light, water, air and nourishment it could use.
2 B R 0 2 BKurt Vonnegut
loam
noun
verb
Word Origin for loam
Old English lām; related to Old Swedish lēmo clay, Old High German leimo
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loam
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