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    LOAM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materialsplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("loam" is a kind of...):

    dirt; soil (the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loam"):

    regur; regur soil (a rich black loam of India)

    chernozemic soil (a rich black loam of Russia)

    Derivation:

    loamy (consisting of or having the character of loam)

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