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Loam vs Compost - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between loam and compost

is that loam is a type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due while compost is the decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer.

As verbs the difference between loam and compost

is that loam is to cover, smear, or fill with loam while compost is to produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer.

loam

English

(wikipedia loam)

Noun

  • A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
  • * 1602 : , act V scene 1
  • Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander
    returneth to dust, the dust is earth, of earth we make
    loam', and of why that ' loam whereto he was converted
    might they not stop a beer-barrel?
  • (metalworking) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
  • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    compost

    Noun

  • The decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer
  • Dig plenty of compost into clay or sandy soil to improve its structure.
  • * Shakespeare
  • And do not spread the compost on the weeds / To make them ranker.
  • * '>citation
  • (obsolete) A mixture; a compound.
  • * Hammond
  • A sad compost of more bitter than sweet.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer
  • If you compost your grass clippings, you can improve your soil.

    See also

    * mulch (sometimes used interchangeably with compost ) * humus ----