Lehm — meaning in English

English meaning

• clay noun A fine-grained, sticky earth that becomes pliable when wet and hardens when fired or dried — used for pottery, bricks, and sculpture.
• loam noun A rich type of soil made of sand, silt and clay together with rotted plant matter.

Senses

Lehm is used for these senses in English:

• clay A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
• loam (geology) A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.

clay — full definition

1. noun A fine-grained, sticky earth that becomes pliable when wet and hardens when fired or dried — used for pottery, bricks, and sculpture.
2. noun A tennis court surface made of crushed stone or brick.

loam — full definition

1. noun A rich type of soil made of sand, silt and clay together with rotted plant matter.
2. noun A mixture of sand and clay used for making molds for large metal castings.

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