Synonyms for loam
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lohm |
| Phonetic Transcription : loÊŠm |
Top 10 synonyms for loam Other synonyms for the word loam
- acres
- adobe
- alluvium
- arena
- argil
- argillaceous earth
- bole
- china material
- clod
- clunch
- compost
- deposit
- dirt
- dry land
- dust
- earth
- estate
- expanse
- extent
- farming
- farmland
- field
- fill
- glebe
- gravel
- grime
- ground
- grounds
- holding
- home
- homeland
- humus
- kaolin
- land
- landscape
- loam
- loess
- mainland
- manor
- marl
- mold
- muck
- mud
- nation
- old sod
- parcel
- park
- peat moss
- plot
- porcelain material
- pottery
- province
- purlieu
- quarry
- quinta
- ranch
- real estate
- realty
- region
- sand
- shore
- slip
- sod
- soil
- soot
- stretch
- subsoil
- surface
- sweep
- terra cotta
- terra firma
- terrain
- terrane
- territory
- till
- tillage
- topsoil
- tract
- turf
- wacke
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for loam
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