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noun
1.
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
2.
a mixture of clay, sand, straw, etc., used in making molds for founding and in plastering walls, stopping holes, etc.
3.
earth or soil.
4.
Obsolete. clay or clayey earth.
verb (used with object)
5.
to cover or stop with loam.
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Origin:
before 900; late Middle English lome, earlier lam(e), Old English lām; cognate with Dutch leem, German Lehm loam, clay; akin to lime1
before 900; late Middle English lome, earlier lam(e), Old English lām; cognate with Dutch leem, German Lehm loam, clay; akin to lime1
Related forms
loam·i·ness, noun
loam·less, adjective
loam·y, adjective
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Example Sentences
- Since last month, pile drivers have sunk dozens of steel stanchions deep into the sandy loam next door.
- Palitaxel leaves a taste in my mouth that reminded me of digging in a forest, in loam under evergreens.
- But when the wind shifts south, there might be rich dark smells of loam or hints of hay from newly mown fields.
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Word Origin & History
loam
O.E. lam "clay, mud, mire, earth," from P.Gmc. *laimaz (cf. O.S. lemo, Du. leem, Ger. Lehm), from PIE root *lai-/*li- "to be sticky" (see lime (1)). As a type of highly fertile clayey soil, it is attested from 1664.
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loam  (lōm) Pronunciation Key
Soil composed of approximately equal quantities of sand, silt, and clay, often with variable amounts of decayed plant matter. |
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