English

Noun

1. A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.

Quotations

• 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet , act V scene 1

  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?