loamloʊm(n.)

1. a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.

   Category: Agriculture, Geology

2. a mixture of clay, sand, straw, etc., used in making molds for founding and in plastering walls, stopping holes, etc.

   Category: Building Trades, Metallurgy

3. earth or soil.

4. Obs. clay or clayey earth.

5. (v.t.)to cover or stop with loam.

Origin of loam:

bef. 900; lome, earlier lam(e), OE lām, c. MD leem

loam′y(adj.)