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Definitions for Loam

[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.
[5] to cover or stop with loam.
[6] rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand, clay, and decaying organic material
[7] a paste of clay and sand used for making moulds in a foundry, plastering walls, etc
[8] (tr) to cover, treat, or fill with loam

Words related to Loam

estate, soil, terrain, home, earth, continent, ground, plot, district, area, field, homeland, territory, beach, province, parcel, countryside, acreage, tract, nation

Words nearby Loam

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Origin of Loam

before 900; late Middle English lome, earlier lam(e ), Old English lām; cognate with Dutch leem, German Lehm loam, clay; akin to lime1

Other words from Loam

loam·i·ness , noun
loam·less , adjective
loam·y , adjective

Word origin for Loam

Old English lām; related to Old Swedish lēmo clay, Old High German leimo

Synonyms for Loam

acreage, area, beach, continent, country, countryside, district, earth, estate, farmland, field, ground, home, homeland, nation, parcel, plot, province, ranch, real estate, region, shore, soil, terrain, territory, tract, acres, dirt, expanse, extent, farming, grounds, holding, mainland, manor, purlieu, quarry, realty, sod, stretch, sweep, tillage, old sod, quinta, terra firma