Loam vs Loess - What's the difference?
loam | loess |
A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
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(metalworking) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.
(geology) Any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin.
As nouns the difference between loam and loess
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 loess is any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin.As a verb loam
is to cover, smear, or fill with loam.loam
English
(wikipedia loam)Noun
- 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?