different between cloam vs loam

English

Alternative forms

• clome, clomb

Etymology

From Middle English *clom, from Old English cl?m (“paste, mortar, mud, clay, poultice”), from Proto-Germanic *klaimaz (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleym- (“to stick, smear”). Related to cleam, claim, clem.

Noun

cloam (usually uncountable, plural cloams)

1. (obsolete) Clay.
2. (now chiefly dialectal) Earthenware.

Derived terms

• cloamen

Adjective

cloam (comparative more cloam, superlative most cloam)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Of earthenware.

Verb

cloam (third-person singular simple present cloams, present participle cloaming, simple past and past participle cloamed)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To make cloam.
2. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To gutter (as a candle).

Derived terms

• cloamer

Anagrams

• Colma, comal

English

Etymology

From Middle English lome, lame, lam, from Old English l?m (“clay, mud, mire, earth”), from Proto-Germanic *laimaz, *laimô (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“mud, slime; to slip, slide”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Leem (“loam”), West Frisian liem (“loam”), Dutch leem (“loam”), German Lehm (“loam”). Related also to lime.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l??m/
• Rhymes: -??m
• (US) IPA^(key): /lo?m/

Noun

loam (countable and uncountable, plural 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.
   • 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 1

     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.

Derived terms

• loamy

Translations

Verb

loam (third-person singular simple present loams, present participle loaming, simple past and past participle loamed)

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

Translations

Derived terms

• loamer

Adjective

loam (not comparable)

1. Made of loam; consisting of loam.

Further reading

• loam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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