adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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CMU ARPABET:L OW1 M IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective
Meaning 2
consisting of or having the character of loam
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
richy loamy soil
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: loamless
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English loam Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English loamy From loam + -y.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.