English-Thai Dictionary

loam

N ดิ นที่ อุดมสมบูรณ์  ดิน  topsoil din-ti-au-dom-som-bun

 

loam

N ดิ นที่ ใช้ ทำ อิฐ  din-ti-chai-tam-id

 

loam

VT ปกคลุม ด้วย ดิน  pok-klum-duai-din

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LOAM

n.[L. limus.] A natural mixture of sand and clay with oxyd of iron; a species of earth or soil of different colors, whitish, brown or yellow, readily diffusible in water.

 

LOAM

v.t.To cover with loam.

 

LOAMY

a.Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam, or resembling it.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LOAM

Loam, n. Etym: [AS. lam; akin to D. leem, G. lehm, and E. lime. See 4th Lime. ]

 

1. A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due. We wash a wall of loam; we labor in vain. Hooker.

 

2. (Founding )

 

Defn: A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making molds for large castings, often without a pattern. Loam mold (Founding ), a mold made with loam. See Loam, n., 2. -- Loam molding, the process or business of making loam molds. Loam plate, an iron plate upon which a section of a loam mold rests, or from which it is suspended. -- Loam work, loam molding or loam molds.

 

LOAM

Loam, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Loaming.]

 

Defn: To cover, smear, or fill with loam.

 

LOAMY

LOAMY Loam "y, a.

 

Defn: Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam. Bacon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

loam

loam |lōm loʊm | ▶noun a fertile soil of clay and sand containing humus. • Geology a soil with roughly equal proportions of sand, silt, and clay. • a paste of clay and water with sand, chopped straw, etc. , used in making bricks and plastering walls. DERIVATIVES loam i ness noun, loamy adjective ORIGIN Old English lām ‘clay ’; related to Dutch leem and German Lehm, also to lime 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

loam

loam |ləʊm | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a fertile soil of clay and sand containing humus. • Geology a soil with roughly equal proportions of sand, silt, and clay. • a paste of clay and water with sand, chopped straw, etc. , used in making bricks and plastering walls. DERIVATIVES loaminess noun, loamy adjective ( loamier, loamiest ) ORIGIN Old English lām ‘clay ’, of West Germanic origin: related to Dutch leem and German Lehm, also to lime 1 .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

loam

loam /loʊm /名詞 U C 1 ローム, 壤土 〘砂 粘土 有機物を含む肥沃 （ひよく ）な黒土 〙.2 ローム, まね 〘鋳型 れんがなどの材料 〙.3 ｟俗 ｠肥えた黒土 .l ó am y 形容詞 ローム質の .