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- [lohm]
- /loʊm/
- /ləʊm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [lohm]
- /loʊm/
Definitions of loam word
- noun loam a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay. 1
- noun loam a mixture of clay, sand, straw, etc., used in making molds for founding and in plastering walls, stopping holes, etc. 1
- noun loam earth or soil. 1
- noun loam Obsolete. clay or clayey earth. 1
- verb with object loam to cover or stop with loam. 1
- noun loam A fertile soil of clay and sand containing humus. 1
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Origin of loam
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
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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Parts of speech for Loam
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loam popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
loam usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for loam
noun loam
- mud — wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
- brick — Bricks are rectangular blocks of baked clay used for building walls, which are usually red or brown. Brick is the material made up of these blocks.
- earth — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- pottery — ceramic ware, especially earthenware and stoneware.
- slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
Antonyms for loam
noun loam
- cleanliness — Cleanliness is the degree to which people keep themselves and their surroundings clean.
- pureness — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- sterility — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
- morality — conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
- purity — the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.: the purity of drinking water.
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