leem — meaning in English

English meaning

• loam noun A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
• shive noun A slice, especially of bread.

Senses

leem is used for these senses in English:

• loam (geology) A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
• shive A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching

loam — full definition

1. noun A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
2. noun A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.

shive — full definition

1. noun A slice, especially of bread.
2. noun A beam or plank of split wood.
3. noun A flat, wide cork for plugging a large hole or closing a wide-mouthed bottle.

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