malm

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/mɑːm//mɑːlm/

noun

A soft, crumbly, chalky, grayish limestone.

OriginMiddle English malme ← Old English mealm ← Proto-Germanic *malmaz →
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Meanings

malm1

nounmalm (countable and uncountable, plural malms)

plural malms

  1. countableuncountablegeographyA soft, crumbly, chalky, grayish limestone.
  2. countableuncountableAn artificial mixture of chalk, clay, and sand, from which light-brown or yellowish bricks are made.

Malm2

proper nounMalm (plural Malms)

plural Malms

  1. A surname.

Malm3

proper noun
  1. geographyAn epoch from 161.2 ± 4.0 to 145.5 ± 4.0 million years ago, a subdivision of the Jurassic.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
malmstone

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*malmaz“sand, ore”
  2. Old Englishmealm
  3. Middle Englishmalme“sand”
  4. Englishmalm

From Middle English malme (“sand”), from Old English mealm (as in mealmstān (“sandstone”)), from Proto-Germanic *malmaz (“sand, ore”); related to Old Norse malmr (“ore, metal”). From the same Proto-Indo-European root as meal. Doublet of mulm.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with malm

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Sounds the same

ma'ammom

Anagrams

Lamm
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APA

malm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malm

MLA

“malm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malm. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “malm,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malm.

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