malm

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A soft, crumbly, chalky, grayish limestone.
2. (countable, uncountable) An artificial mixture of chalk, clay, and sand, from which light-brown or yellowish bricks are made.

Synonyms

upper Jura

white Jura

Translations

leem

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɑːm/

Etymology

From Middle English malme (“sand”), from Old English mealm (as in mealmstān (“sandstone”)), from Proto-Germanic *malmaz (“sand, ore”); related to Old Norse malmr (“ore, metal”). From the same Proto-Indo-European root as meal.