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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024loam /loʊm/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Agriculture, Geologya rich soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller amount of clay.
loam•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024loam (lōm),USA pronunciation n. - Agriculture, Geologya rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- a mixture of clay, sand, straw, etc., used in making molds for founding and in plastering walls, stopping holes, etc.
- earth or soil.
- [Obs.]clay or clayey earth.
v.t. - to cover or stop with loam.
- bef. 900; late Middle English lome, earlier lam(e), Old English lām; cognate with Dutch leem, German Lehm loam, clay; akin to lime1
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