Loam is soil composed mostly of sand, silt, and a smaller amount of clay. By weight, its mineral composition is about 40–40–20% concentration of sand–silt–clay, respectively.

What does loam mean?

1a : a mixture (as for plastering) composed chiefly of moistened clay. b : a coarse molding sand used in founding (see found entry 5) 2 : soil specifically : a soil consisting of a friable mixture of varying proportions of clay, silt, and sand.

How do you use loam in a sentence?

As good a soil as any is one composed of garden loam, sand, and well-rotted cow manure in equal parts. The soil of all stands was a readily erodible silty or sandy loam underlain by a reddish sand and clay.