haulm
The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used…The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.
Stroh
соло́маsolóma
stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding
(countable)An individual plant stem.
Halm
сте́бельstébelʹ, стебелёкstebeljók, соло́минкаsolóminka
(countable)Part of a harness; a hame.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English halm, from Old English healm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz, from Proto-From Middle English halm, from Old English healm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos. Cognate with Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos) and Latin culmus. Doublet of French calame, calamus, culm, helm (Etymology 4, stalk), and qalam.
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Forms
plural: haulmsSynonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable