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loam

Pronunciation: /ləʊm/

Definition of loam

noun

[mass noun]
  • a fertile soil of clay and sand containing humus.
  • Geology a soil with roughly equal proportions of sand, silt, and clay.
  • a paste of clay and water with sand, chopped straw, etc., used in making bricks and plastering walls.

Derivatives

loaminess

noun

loamy

adjective (loamier, loamiest)

Origin:

Old English lām 'clay', of West Germanic origin: related to Dutch leem and German Lehm, also to lime1

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