A natural mixture of sand and clay with oxyd of iron; a species of earth or soil of different colors, whitish, brown or yellow, readily diffusible in water.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
To cover with loam
1. A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
2. A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making molds for large castings, often without a pattern.
Land Roget’s Thesaurus §342
N. land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma, # continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese, delta, tongue of land, neck of land, isthmus, oasis, promontory, highland, coast, shore, scar, strand, beach, playa, bank, lea, seaboard, seaside, seabank, seacoast, seabeach, ironbound coast, loom of the land, derelict, innings, alluvium, alluvion, ancon, riverbank, river bank, levee, soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot, rock, crag, acres, real estate, landsman
V. land, come to land, set foot on the soil, set foot on dry land, come ashore, go ashore, debark
Adj. earthy, continental, midland, coastal, littoral, riparian, alluvial, terrene, landed, predial, territorial, geophilous, ripicolous
Adv. ashore, on shore, on land
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