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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024culm1 (kulm),USA pronunciation n. - Miningcoal dust;
slack. - Mininganthracite, esp. of inferior grade.
- Middle English colme, probably equivalent. to col coal + -m suffix of uncertain meaning (compare -m in Old English fæthm fathom, wæstm growth) 1300–50
- Botanya stem or stalk, esp. the jointed and usually hollow stem of grasses.
v.i. - Botanyto grow or develop into a culm.
- Latin culmus stalk; akin to calamus, haulm
- 1650–60
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: culm /kʌlm/ n - coal-mine waste
- inferior anthracite
Etymology: 14th Century: probably related to coal culm /kʌlm/ n - the hollow jointed stem of a grass or sedge
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin culmus stalk; see haulm |