malm

[ mahm ]

noun

1. an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.

malm

/ mɑːm /

noun

1. a soft greyish limestone that crumbles easily
2. a chalky soil formed from this limestone
3. an artificial mixture of clay and chalk used to make bricks

Word History and Origins

Origin of malm¹

before 900; Middle English malme sand, malm, Old English mealm- (in mealmiht sandy, mealmstān sandstone); cognate with Old Norse mālmr metal (in granular form), Gothic malma sand; akin to Old Saxon, Old High German melm dust. See meal ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of malm¹

Old English mealm- (in compound words); related to Old Norse malmr ore, Gothic malma sand

Example Sentences

Furthermore, this is the seventh time that you have refused to go to Malm, where you have not gone since you have been here.

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At nightfall, when they felt tired and exhausted, they wanted to go down to the steamer to sleep, but it had gone to Malm.

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He appears to have been in residence at Malm in 1533, perhaps as chaplain to the Scots community there.

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Malm is a town on the Swedish side of the Sound, an hour and a half by steamboat from Copenhagen.

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The King leaves for Malm to-day, and the day after to-morrow, perchance, Stockholm may be in open revolt.

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