Loam: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Loam noun. Rich, crumbly soil of sand, silt and clay, full of rotted plant matter.
How to say it
LOHM/ˈləʊm/
1 syllable.
Loam in a sentence
Gardeners dream of dark loam that crumbles in the hand and grows anything.
The roots sank easily into the loam along the riverbank.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- soil
- earth
- topsoil
- humus
Where loam comes from
From Old English lām, clay or mud.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
The roots sank easily into the _____ along the riverbank.
- taxonomy
- loam
- susurrus
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loam: The roots sank easily into the loam along the riverbank.