loam
(noun) a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials
Source: WordNet® 3.1
loam (countable and uncountable, plural loams)
(geology) A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
(metalworking) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.
loam (third-person singular simple present loams, present participle loaming, simple past and past participle loamed)
To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
loam (not comparable)
Made of loam; consisting of loam.
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Source: Wiktionary
Loam, n. Etym: [AS. lam; akin to D. leem, G. lehm, and E. lime. See 4th Lime.]
1. A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due. We wash a wall of loam; we labor in vain. Hooker.
2. (Founding)
Definition: A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making molds for large castings, often without a pattern. Loam mold (Founding), a mold made with loam. See Loam, n., 2.
– Loam molding, the process or business of making loam molds. Loam plate, an iron plate upon which a section of a loam mold rests, or from which it is suspended.
– Loam work, loam molding or loam molds.
Loam, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Loaming.]
Definition: To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
