Loaf vs. Loam

Loafnoun

(also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking.

Loafnoun

Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar.

Loafnoun

(Cockney rhyming slang) Shortened from "loaf of bread", the brain or the head (mainly in the phrase use one's loaf).

Loafnoun

A solid block of soap, from which standard bars are cut.

Loafverb

(intransitive) To do nothing, to be idle.

Loafverb

(Cockney rhyming slang) To headbutt, (from loaf of bread)

Loafnoun

Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake.

Loafverb

To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about.

Loafverb

To spend in idleness; - with away; as, to loaf time away.

Loafnoun

a shaped mass of baked bread

Loafverb

be lazy or idle;

Loafverb

be about;

Loaf

A loaf is a, usually rounded or oblong, mass of food, typically and originally of bread. It is common to bake bread in a rectangular bread pan, also called a loaf pan, because some kinds of bread dough tend to collapse and spread out during the cooking process.

Loamnoun

(geology) A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.

Loamnoun

(metalworking) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.

Loamverb

To cover, smear, or fill with loam.

Loamadjective

Made of loam; consisting of loam.

Loamnoun

A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.

Loamnoun

A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making molds for large castings, often without a pattern.

Loamverb

To cover, smear, or fill with loam.

Loamnoun

a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials

Loam

The definition of Loam (in geology and soil science) is soil composed mostly of sand (particle size > 63 micrometres (0.0025 in)), silt (particle size > 2 micrometres (7.9×10−5 in)), and a smaller amount of clay (particle size < 2 micrometres (7.9×10−5 in)). By weight, its mineral composition is about 40–40–20% concentration of sand–silt–clay, respectively.