loam
Significado (English)
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- A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
- A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.
Synonyms
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ləʊm/
Etimoloxía (English)
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.
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