different between culm vs clum

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?lm/

Etymology 1

Perhaps related to coal. Perhaps from Welsh cwlm (“knot or tie”), applied to this species of coal, which is much found in balls or knots in some parts of Wales: compare Old English culme.

Noun

culm (countable and uncountable, plural culms)

1. waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel; slack.
2. anthracite, especially when found in small masses

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin culmus. Doublet of haulm.

Noun

culm (plural culms)

1. (botany) the stem of a plant, especially of grass or sedge

Translations

Anagrams

• Clum, MCLU, clum

English

Alternative forms

• clumme

Etymology

From Middle English clum, clom (“silence”), perhaps for *clomen (“stiff, numb”), past participle of *cleomen (“to be stiff”); compare Middle English acleomen (“to be stiff”), related to Middle English clumsen, clomsen (“to be stiff, be numb”), Dutch kleumen (“to be stiff from cold”); or perhaps representing Old English clom, clam, clamm (“band, bond, fetter, chain, grip, grasp”). Compare also Old English clumian (“to mutter”). More at clam.

Noun

clum (plural clums)

1. (obsolete) Silence.

Interjection

clum

1. (obsolete) Silence; hush

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Adjective

clum (comparative more clum, superlative most clum)

1. (obsolete) Silent; glum.

Anagrams

• Culm, MCLU, culm