"malm" meaning in English

See malm in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɑːm/, /mɑːlm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-malm.wav Forms: malms [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːm Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*melh₂-}}, {{der|en|enm|malme|gloss=sand}} Middle English malme (“sand”), {{der|en|ang|mealm}} Old English mealm, {{der|en|gem-pro|*malmaz||sand, ore}} Proto-Germanic *malmaz (“sand, ore”), {{der|en|non|malmr||gloss=ore, metal}} Old Norse malmr (“ore, metal”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} malm (countable and uncountable, plural malms)
  1. (geology) A soft, crumbly, chalky, grayish limestone. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-malm-en-noun-4NsOnuIb Categories (other): Geology, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  2. An artificial mixture of chalk, clay, and sand, from which light-brown or yellowish bricks are made. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-malm-en-noun-lmHHagsS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: malmstone, malmy

Inflected forms

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