Transcription
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- [lohm]
- /loʊm/
- /ləʊm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [lohm]
- /loʊm/
Definitions of loamy word
- noun loamy a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay. 1
- noun loamy a mixture of clay, sand, straw, etc., used in making molds for founding and in plastering walls, stopping holes, etc. 1
- noun loamy earth or soil. 1
- noun loamy Obsolete. clay or clayey earth. 1
- verb with object loamy to cover or stop with loam. 1
- noun loamy Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam. 1
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Origin of loamy
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 Loamy
noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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loamy 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.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for loamy
adj loamy
- productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- lush — (of vegetation, plants, grasses, etc.) luxuriant; succulent; tender and juicy.
- fruitful — producing good results; beneficial; profitable: fruitful investigations.
- rich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- abundant — Something that is abundant is present in large quantities.
Antonyms for loamy
adj loamy
- impotent — not potent; lacking power or ability.
- unproductive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- sparse — thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.
- fruitless — useless; unproductive; without results or success: a fruitless search for the missing treasure.
- infertile — not fertile; unproductive; sterile; barren: infertile soil.
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