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loam

[lohm] / loʊm /


NOUN
dirt
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NOUN
soil
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST


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Stories multiply like toadstools in forest loam in the fiction of Thomas Pynchon, America’s most devout skeptic of the narrative urge, yet also one of its greatest exponents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

The result, if we want to get really geeky, is a mix of clay, pure sand and sandy loam.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

That’s because, contrary to the shibboleth, the good isn’t the enemy of the great—it’s the loam of the great.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 9, 2023

For me, loam from my mole hill, compost, and also leaf mold, fallen leaves allowed to rot down in a bag for a year or two, provide the most amazing medium.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2022

The tide of loam reached the Pomerian line and roared straight into the city.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan