malm
A soft, crumbly, chalky, grayish limestoneA soft, crumbly, chalky, grayish limestone.
» The Øresund Bridge links Malmö and Copenhagen.
Die Öresundbrücke verbindet Malmö mit Kopenhagen.
Эресуннский мост соединяет Мальмё и Копенгаген.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A soft, crumbly, chalky, grayish limestone.
(countable, uncountable)An artificial mixture of chalk, clay, and sand, from which light-brown or yellowish bricks are made.
Examples
4 sentencesThe Øresund Bridge links Malmö and Copenhagen.
ruЭресуннский мост соединяет Мальмё и Копенгаген. — Wezel
deDie Öresundbrücke verbindet Malmö mit Kopenhagen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
We're going to Malmö tomorrow.
Every day, tens of thousands of commuters cross the Øresund Bridge between Copenhagen and Malmö.
deTäglich überqueren zehntausende Pendler die Öresundbrücke zwischen Kopenhagen und Malmö. — Yorwba
A two-meter-long live crocodile has been found in a garden greenhouse in Sweden's third largest city, Malmö.
Origin
From Middle English malme (“sand”), from Old English mealm (as in mealmstān (“sandstone”))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. Doublet of mulm.
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Forms
plural: malmsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable