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語源

From Middle English lome, lame, lam, from 古期英語 lām (“clay, mud, mire, earth”), from Proto-West Germanic *laim, from Proto-Germanic *laimaz, *laimô (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Leem (“loam”), West Frisian liem (“loam”), Dutch leem (“loam”), German Lehm (“loam”). Related also to lime.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ləʊm/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /loʊm/, (dialectal) /lum/, /lʊm/^[1]
• 韻: -əʊm, -uːm

名詞

loam (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 loams)

1. (geology) A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

     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?

2. (metalworking) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.

派生語

• loamy

動詞

loam (三人称単数 現在形 loams, 現在分詞 loaming, 過去形および過去分詞形 loamed)

1. To cover, smear, or fill with loam.

派生語

• loamer

形容詞

loam (not comparable)

1. Made of loam; consisting of loam.

参照

Further reading

• loam on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• AMLO, LMAO, Malo, lmao, loma, malo, mola