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| loam [ lōm ] |
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1. fertile workable soil: an easily worked fertile soil consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, and silt and sometimes also organic matter
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2. clay and sand mixed for building: a mixture of moist clay and sand used for making bricks and in plastering
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transitive verb (past and past participle loamed, present participle loam·ing, 3rd person present singular loams) |
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put loam in or on something: to use loam in the process of covering, filling, or coating something
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| [ Old English lām "clay, earth" < Indo-European, "slippery"] |
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  loam·y adjective |
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