cloam

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noun

Clay.

OriginMiddle English *clom ← Old English clām ← Proto-West Germanic *klaim →
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Meanings

nouncloam (usually uncountable, plural cloams)

plural cloams · alternative clome · alternative clomb

  1. obsoleteuncountableusuallyClay.
  2. dialectaluncountableusuallyEarthenware.
adjectivecloam (comparative more cloam, superlative most cloam)

comparative more cloam · superlative most cloam · alternative clome · alternative clomb

  1. dialectalMade of earthenware.
verbcloam (third-person singular simple present cloams, present participle cloaming, simple past and past participle cloamed)

present singular third person cloams · participle present cloaming · participle past cloamed · past cloamed · alternative clome · alternative clomb

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo make cloam.
  2. UKdialectalintransitiveTo gutter (as a candle).

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
gutter

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gleym-
  2. Proto-Germanic*klaimaz“clay”
  3. Proto-West Germanic*klaim
  4. Old Englishclām“paste, mortar, mud, clay, poultice”
  5. Middle English*clom
  6. Englishcloam

From Middle English *clom, from Old English clām (“paste, mortar, mud, clay, poultice”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaim, from Proto-Germanic *klaimaz (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleym-, from *gley- (“to stick, smear”). Related to cleam, claim, clem.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

cloam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloam

MLA

“cloam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloam. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cloam,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloam.

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