Antonyms for loam

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lohm

Phonetic Transcription : loʊm

Definition of loam

Origin : Old English lam "clay, mud, mire, earth," from Proto-Germanic *laimaz (cf. Old Saxon lemo, Dutch leem, German Lehm "loam"), from PIE root *(s)lei- "slimy" (see slime (n.)). As a type of highly fertile clayey soil, it is attested from 1660s. As a verb from c.1600.

As in land : noun earth's surface; ownable property
As in soil : noun earth, dirt
As in clay : noun workable earth material
As in dirt : noun soil
As in earth : noun ground, soil
As in ground : noun earth, land

Example sentences :

The loam should be slightly moist, and free from organic matter.
Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

A stiff, half-clay soil with some loam is best suited to this crop.
Extract from : « Agriculture for Beginners » by Charles William Burkett

Loam: an earthy mixture of clay and sand with organic matter.
Extract from : « Agriculture for Beginners » by Charles William Burkett

Test with clay, gravel, and loam, also with mixtures of these and leaf-mould.
Extract from : « Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study » by Ontario Ministry of Education

Every plant had all the loam, light, water, air and nourishment it could use.
Extract from : « 2 B R 0 2 B » by Kurt Vonnegut

Beyond the reach of the Nile's overflow the sand and loam was bare of vegetation.
Extract from : « Khartoum Campaign, 1898 » by Bennet Burleigh

In the shape of a man he reeled, but it was not the shape of a man that struck the loam.
Extract from : « The Devil in Iron » by Robert E. Howard

It is not choice as to soil but will grow in loam, sand, gravel, or among rocks.
Extract from : « American Forest Trees » by Henry H. Gibson

Pot in August in loam, leaf-soil, or peat, and a little manure and sand.
Extract from : « The Book of Bulbs » by Samuel Arnott

That gate (steinmaul) is coated with a mixture of loam and hair.
Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure

Synonyms for loam

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