loam

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Sinónimos

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

Traducións

Lehm

leem

barro

terreau

argilla

argile

glaise

Schlamm

marga

πηλός

pisé

fango

terriccio

loam

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ləʊm/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: lome

Herdado de Old English: lām

Relativo a Saterfriesisch: Leem

Relativo a frisón occidental: liem

Relativo a neerlandés: leem

Relativo a alemán: 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.