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Malm

//mɑːm// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A soft, crumbly, chalky, grayish limestone. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An artificial mixture of chalk, clay, and sand, from which light-brown or yellowish bricks are made. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English malme (“sand”), from Old English mealm (as in mealmstān (“sandstone”)), from Proto-Germanic *malmaz (“sand, ore”); related to Old Norse malmr (“ore, metal”). From the same Proto-Indo-European root as meal.

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