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loamy

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for loamy.

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Deep loamy soil that really doesn't need much or any preparation and in that climate you can grow just about anything.

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Quick take

Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for loamy.

adjective

Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.

Example sentences

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Deep loamy soil that really doesn't need much or any preparation and in that climate you can grow just about anything.

2

Desert sand is very amenable to conversion into rich loamy soil through taking in lots of organic matter in surprisingly few years.

3

Fungal cell walls degrade into a sticky product that makes the soil more loamy.

4

If you want water, you need ground-covering plants, which need moist loamy soil, which needs water, and so on.

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Concrete doesn't easily work as it's an insulator: wet, loamy soil works brilliantly.

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Riding loamy downhills on a full suspension bike might as well be a different sport than a low-speed rocky/rooty technical trails on a hardtail.

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The soil isn't that arable as you might expect, as the biggest chunk is loamy & alluvial soil of North India is exclusively wheat & sugarcane.

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There will be a huge carbon sink as entire forests are buried in ash, soil will receive additional minerals, and a light loamy soil will result.

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The result was that I had loamy soil that grew vegetables like nobody's business.

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It was 68,000 Euro and is near the train, on a few acres of loamy land, and has a few outbuildings I can use for woodworking, etc.

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But the volume of thick loamy topsoil isn’t mostly tiny rock grains (sand) but a living amalgam of bacteria, fungi, plant matter, plantae, animal detritus (faeces but also cast off skin or carapaces...).

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So all the Vidalia farmers got together and got a Federal law passed that says you can only call an onion a 'Vidalia' if it's grown in our special region down here where we have sandy, loamy soil that contributes to the mild, sweet taste.

Quote examples

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I find myself in a remote job and it was part of why I thought "hell, let's go for it" when looking at 3.5 acres of loamy land in the country.

2

The type of people who relish in their taste in music and ice cream don’t tend to say things like “maybe cut the bridge 10 seconds and add some kind of duet with reverb” or “it used too much nitrate fertilizer for loamy soil and ended up kind of woody (for ice cream)” because they want themselves to be a certain way.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use loamy in a sentence?

Deep loamy soil that really doesn't need much or any preparation and in that climate you can grow just about anything.

What does loamy mean?

Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.

What part of speech is loamy?

loamy is commonly used as adjective.