What does "loamy" mean?
Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.
Loamy
adj
adj ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.
- Grammar: loamy is listed as adj.
- Nearest alternatives: adobe, balanced, crumbly, doughy.
- Useful contrasts: barren, clayey, loamless.
- Usage evidence: The custard apple tree is often found in sandy and loamy soils throughout much of tropical Africa but can tolerate some of the cold of parts of subtropical South Africa. According to the US National Research Council, which includes the tree in its series of publications called Lost Crops of Africa, the custard apple grows best in warm and fairly moist conditions, especially in mixed woodlands and open savannas.
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Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.
"Yet there was no time to be lost if I was ever to get out alive, and so I groped with my hands against the side of the grave until I made out the bottom edge of the slab, and then fell to grubbing beneath it with my fingers. But the earth, which the day before had looked light and loamy to the eye, was stiff and hard enough when one came to tackle it with naked hands, and in an hour's time I had done little more than further weary myself and bruise my fingers."
Adjective
- 1 consisting of or having the character of loam wordnet
Example
"The custard apple tree is often found in sandy and loamy soils throughout much of tropical Africa but can tolerate some of the cold of parts of subtropical South Africa. According to the US National Research Council, which includes the tree in its series of publications called Lost Crops of Africa, the custard apple grows best in warm and fairly moist conditions, especially in mixed woodlands and open savannas."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "loamy"?
Common synonyms include: adobe, balanced, crumbly, doughy, earthen dam, earthy.
How do you use "loamy" in a sentence?
The custard apple tree is often found in sandy and loamy soils throughout much of tropical Africa but can tolerate some of the cold of parts of subtropical South Africa. According to the US National Research Council, which includes the tree in its series of publications called Lost Crops of Africa, the custard apple grows best in warm and fairly moist conditions, especially in mixed woodlands and open savannas.
Etymology
From loam + -y.