LOAM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

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)