haulm

H4A1U1L1M3
/hɒm//hɔːm/

noun

The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.

Similar
helmstrawthatchhalm
OriginMiddle English halm ← Old English healm ← Proto-Germanic *halmaz →
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Meanings

nounhaulm (countable and uncountable, plural haulms)

plural haulms · alternative halm · alternative hame · alternative hawm

  1. uncountableThe stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.

    Synonyms: helm, straw, thatch

  2. countableAn individual plant stem.
  3. countablePart of a harness; a hame.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.

Similar
helmstrawthatch

More synonyms by meaning

nounstems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding

Similar
halm
Broader
stalkstem
Also see
thatch

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱolh₂mos
  2. Proto-Germanic*halmaz
  3. Old Englishhealm
  4. Middle Englishhalm
  5. Englishhaulm

From Middle English halm, from Old English healm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos. Cognate with Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos) and Latin culmus. Doublet of French calame, calamus, culm, helm (Etymology 4, stalk), and qalam.

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Translations

Ancient Greek αὐλός
  • αὐλός (aulós)an individual plant stem
Bulgarian слама, сламка
  • слама (slama)stems of cultivated plants left after harvesting
  • сламка (slamka)an individual plant stem
Danish halm
  • halman individual plant stem
Dutch stro, halm
  • strostems of cultivated plants left after harvesting
  • halman individual plant stem
Esperanto tigo
  • tigoan individual plant stem
Finnish olki, korsi
  • olkistems of cultivated plants left after harvesting
  • korsian individual plant stem
French fane
  • fanean individual plant stem
German Stroh, Halm
  • Strohstems of cultivated plants left after harvesting
  • Halman individual plant stem
Hungarian kóró
  • kóróstems of cultivated plants left after harvesting
Persian کلور, کلش
  • کلور (kolur)stems of cultivated plants left after harvesting
  • کلش (kolaš)stems of cultivated plants left after harvesting
Polish łęt, łęcina
  • łętstems of cultivated plants left after harvesting
  • łęcinastems of cultivated plants left after harvesting
  • łodygaan individual plant stem
Portuguese caule, haste
  • caulean individual plant stem
  • hastean individual plant stem
Russian соло́ма, сте́бель
  • соло́ма (solóma)stems of cultivated plants left after harvesting
  • сте́бель (stébelʹ)an individual plant stem
  • стебелёк (stebeljók)an individual plant stem
  • соло́минка (solóminka)an individual plant stem

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with haulm

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Anagrams

Lahmu
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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