loam Definition
loam (lōm)
noun
- a rich soil composed of clay, sand, and some organic matter
- a mixture of moistened clay, sand, and some organic matter, as straw, used in plastering, making foundry molds, etc.
- popularly any rich, dark soil
Etymology: ME lome < OE lam: see lime
transitive verb
to fill or cover with loam
loam Related Forms
loam′y adjective loam′i·er, loam′i·est
loam Synonyms
loam Usage Examples
Converse of object
- base: These pipe trenches may be topped with free draining sand, or a free draining loam based compost, which is then seeded.
- use: Compost It is advisable to use a loam based compost in you containers.
- mix: Sandy loam mixed with road dust makes a fairly good dusting material.
- blend: We will replace the topsoil with Rolawn blended loam, giving the turf the best possible growth conditions.
- form: Before planting, skim off grass turfs with a spade and pile upside down in a corner to rot down to form loam.
- sterilize: Only then is the seedling ready to be transferred to a larger container of very sandy, sterilized loam.
Preposition: at
top: It is fine rich loam at top, with clay further down.
Preposition: over
chalk: They prefer neutral or add soils, or deep loam over chalk.
Adjective modifier
- friable: Filled with [ 4195 ] a friable sandy loam ( 10yr 4/6 dark yellow brown ) with various sized pebbles.
- silty: The principle crop on his 450 acres of mainly silty, heavy loam is 320 acres of winter wheat.
- loose/friable: Filled with [ 4171 ] loose/friable sandy loam ( 2.5yr 4/6 dark red ) with 30 % pebbles.
- sandy: Sandy loam mixed with road dust makes a fairly good dusting material.
- tenacious: It is a stiff, tenacious loam, mixed with flint stones.
- clayey: The red clayey loam, mixed up with great yellow flint stones.
Modifies a noun
soil: Apply a top dressing of a sandy loam soil to level out any areas.
Noun used with modifier
- silt: High risk of erosion silt loam Predominantly silt with very little sand or clay.
- clay: Most people think they have a problem once they discover the soil they have is a clay or clay loam.
- garden: Keep the turf to make a turf stack with it, and create your very own garden loam.
- part: The best potting mixture is two parts coarse gritty sand to one part loam.
Preposition: with
pH: The ideal soil is a gritty or sandy loam with a pH of between 6-8.
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