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Pronunciation
IPA: /loËm/
Other 1: (lÅm)
Other 2: lohm
:Rhymes:English:-ÉÊm|Rhymes: -ÉÊm
Etymology
Old English lÄm
Noun
loam (uncountable)
- A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
Quotations
1602 : w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, s:Hamlet|Hamlet , act V scene 1
:Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander
:returneth to dust, the dust is earth, of earth we make
:loam, and of why that loam whereto he was converted
:might they not stop a beer-barrel?
Translations
Dutch: leem m
fr:loam
io:loam
it:loam
te:loam
vi:loam
zh:loam
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