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noun
The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: helm, straw, thatch
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An individual plant stem.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Part of a harness; a hame.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: halm
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stalk, stem
History
From Middle English halm, from Old English healm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh2mos. Cognate with Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos) and Latin culmus. Doublet of French calame, calamus, culm, helm (Etymology 4, stalk), and qalam.
Across languages
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
