coom
Soot, smutSoot, smut
Meaning
6 senses(uncountable)Soot, smut
(uncountable)Dust
(uncountable)Grease
(Scotland)The wooden centering on which a bridge is built.
(Scotland)Anything arched or vaulted.
(humorous, slang, sometimes, uncountable)Semen.
Origin
From Middle English culme, colme, of unknown origin but probably from or related to Old EnFrom Middle English culme, colme, of unknown origin but probably from or related to Old English col (“coal”). Related to culm and Icelandic kámugur.
From Scots coom, of unknown origin.
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Forms
plural: cooms| Singular | coom |
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uncountable
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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