loam

(Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
2. (countable, uncountable) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.

Verb

To cover, smear, or fill with loam.

Adj

Made of loam; consisting of loam.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ləʊm/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: lome

Heretat de anglès antic: lām

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: Leem

Cognat amb frisó occidental: liem

Cognat amb neerlandès: leem

Cognat amb alemany: Lehm

In summary

From Middle English lome, lame, lam, from Old English lām (“clay, mud, mire, earth”), from Proto-West Germanic *laim, from Proto-Germanic *laimaz, *laimô (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Leem (“loam”), West Frisian liem (“loam”), Dutch leem (“loam”), German Lehm (“loam”). Related also to lime.

Conceptes

marga

argila

Sinònims

clay

mud

soil

earth

clayey soil

dirt

mire

mold

moldy

musty

puddle

sandy soil

sect

silt

slime

slush

topsoil

religion

regur soil

loam soil

bog

sandy clay

bole

chalk

ground

humus

loamy soil

marl

Traduccions

Lehm

leem

terreau

barro

argilla

argile

glaise

glina

fango

marga

pisé

terriccio

πηλός

Schlamm

banco