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loam

[lohm] / loʊm /


NOUN
dirt
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NOUN
soil
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STRONGEST


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At first, settling into the moist loam, the plant is an innocent sproutling, soft and gentle, harmless, edible to browsing Herefords.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Monday morning, workers will begin placing soil — sandy loam mixed with lightweight volcanic aggregate — on the wildlife overpass.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2025

The result, if we want to get really geeky, is a mix of clay, pure sand and sandy loam.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

That’s because, contrary to the shibboleth, the good isn’t the enemy of the great—it’s the loam of the great.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 9, 2023

The tide of loam reached the Pomerian line and roared straight into the city.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan




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