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Meaning of "culm" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CULM

Probably related to coal.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CULM

culm  [kʌlm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CULM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Culm is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CULM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Culm

Culm or The Culm may refer to: ▪ Culm, the stem of any type of plant ▪ Culm, German name of Chełmno, Poland, also spelled Kulm ▪ Culm Measures, a geological formation of England ▪ The Culm National Character Area, an area defined by Natural England ▪ Culm, a kind of coal and a term used for fine-grained waste from anthracite coal ▪ River Culm, in Mid-Devon, England ▪ Culm grassland, semi-natural grassland containing abundant purple moor grass...

Definition of culm in the English dictionary

The definition of culm in the dictionary is coal-mine waste. Other definition of culm is inferior anthracite.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CULM


stulm
stʌlm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CULM

culler
cullet
cullies
culling
cullion
cullionly
cullis
Culloden
cully
cullyism
Culm Measures
culmen
culmiferous
culminant
culminate
culminating
culmination
culotte
culottes
culpa

WORDS THAT END LIKE CULM

balm
calm
elm
feature film
film
haulm
helm
holm
horror film
lip balm
lm
Malcolm
microfilm
palm
psalm
realm
Stockholm
telefilm
thin-film
Ulm

Synonyms and antonyms of culm in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «culm» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CULM

Find out the translation of culm to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of culm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «culm» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

culm
570 millions of speakers

English

culm
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कल्म
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دقاق الفحم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

антрацитовая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

colmo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তৃণকাণ্ড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

culm
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Culm
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Halm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

컬름
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Culm
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cộng rơm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

culm
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कल्म
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kalitesiz antrasit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

culmo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

łodyga
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

антрацитна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

culm
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

culm
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

halm
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

culm
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

culm
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of culm

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CULM»

The term «culm» is normally little used and occupies the 121.607 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CULM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «culm» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «culm» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about culm

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CULM»

Discover the use of culm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to culm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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CULM ROCK
suddenly faced the skipper, saying, very earnestly, "What kind of a place is Culm Rock, anyhow? Isn't it a town?" A broad grin stretched across the old sailor's face, then he laughed aloud. "Did ye hear that, Jack?" he cried; "here's a lad what's ...
GLANCE GAYLORD, 1857
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The Anatomy of Bamboo Culms
This landmark monograph by renowned wood biologist, forestry expert and bamboo specialist, Professor Walter Liese, whose innovative work on the study of anatomical structure using advanced microscopy and other techniques has won him wide ...
Walter Liese, 1998
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
stachyos, or single-spiked cyperus : culm naked ; spike limplc, ovate, terminating; scales mucronate. Root- leaves numerous, linear, very narrow, even, loose, a span in length ; culm filiform, weak, scarcely a foot high. Native of the East and ...
John Wilkes (of Milland House, Sussex), 1810
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis
ttachyos, or singleipiked Cyperus: Culm naked; spike simple, ovate, terminating; seales rnucronate. Rootleaves numerous, linear, very narrow, even, loose, a span in length; culm filiform, weak, scarcely a foot high. Native of the East and West ...
John Wilkes, 1810
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Botanical teacher for North America: in which are described ...
16. Gr. skullö, to injure. Squill. 1 maritima, w. scp lg, na, my-f, bt rx: robu. E. Scir' pus. 3 — 1. 9. Lat. scirpus, a rush. Club-rush. ( Style articulated to the seed, persistent. Eleocharis. ) 1 tenuis, O. Ju. Zf. culm quadran: sk oV, a end, style 3. 8 — 12 i.
Laura Johnson, 1834
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Rice Genetics III
Introducing lodging resistance into long-culm rices T. Ookawa, T. Hirawasa, and K. lshihara We compared dry matter production and yield of Tainung 67, a high- yielding rice cultivar (long-culm, ear-weight type) in Taiwan, China, with those of  ...
Gurdev S. Khush, 1996
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Fundamentals of Rice Crop Science
The mechanical strength is related to culm thickness and tissue strength. Partly a varietal character, mechanical strength is modified by growing conditions. Increased nitrogen applications, which are essential for high yields, cause elongation ...
Shouichi Yoshida, 1981
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Grasses of the Texas Gulf Prairies and Marshes
An adventitious or secondary root system begins to develop one to two weeks after seed germination, and then supports plant growth. These roots develop from the lower culm nodes. In many grasses, when the culm is decumbent or prostrate,  ...
Stephan L. Hatch, Joseph L. Schuster, Dale Lynn Drawe, 1999
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The Concise Flora of Singapore: Monocotyledons
Culm sheath auricles each a large lobe up to 3 cm long and l.5 cm high; ligule a subentire rim 6-8 mm high with bristles 3 mm long at the margin Bambusa heterostachya 1. Culms broadly outarched from the base. Culm sheath auricles each a ...
Hsuan Keng, See Chung Chin, Hugh T. W. Tan, 1998
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A System of Vegetables: According to Their Classes, Orders, ...
S. ihermaitt. S. 12. S. culm columnar nalced, spike double, the greater val veletof the involucre cqualling the {p\keiron culm columnar leafy, spikelets subfascicled, leaves thrcad-form channel'd. brown. culm columnar naked, spike compounded,  ...
Carl von Linné, Johan Elmgren, 1783

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CULM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term culm is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bowls: Devon Ladies win in John's Trophy
Dan Rice, Richard Pike and Richard Bawden (Culm Vale) and John Ashord, Gary Lee and Dave Josling (Heavitree) all compete in Friday's ... «Exeter Express and Echo, Jul 15»
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BOWLS: County men storm into Cup quarter finals
WILTSHIRE Under 25s clinched victory in their South West Counties League match against Cornwall at Culm Vale BC, in Devon. Wiltshire won on one of the ... «Wiltshire Times, Jul 15»
3
Parish backs school's bid for bigger hall
TIVERTON and Honiton MP Neil Parish has pledged to support a Culm Valley school's ambitions to build a larger hall. Pupil numbers at ... «Tiverton Mid Devon Gazette, Jul 15»
4
Optimistic outlook for Mid Devon businesses
Tiverton has the Tiverton Traders Association, Cullompton has a support group called Culm Valley in Business, and Crediton now has its own ... «Tiverton Mid Devon Gazette, Jul 15»
5
Seaton triple edged out in county competition by Honiton
Next up an outing for the Over-60s A team and a 39-25 triumph over Culm Vale A. This win saw Seaton bank all eight points and the top ... «Midweek Herald, Jul 15»
6
Man found dead in Tiverton garden
His doctor, Jeremy Jacobs, of Culm Valley College surgery in Cullompton, said Gavin battled with depression and anxiety. The coroner Louisa ... «Tiverton Mid Devon Gazette, Jul 15»
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Fireworks displays in Shamokin and Mount Carmel cap July 4 …
As usual, "oohs" and "ahhs" were the common responses after viewing fireworks shot from culm banks high above Shamokin and Mount ... «News Item, Jul 15»
8
America celebrates Independence Day with fireworks, parades
Fireworks shot from the top of the Glen Burn culm bank, north of Shamokin, Pa., are shown Saturday, July 4, 2015. The bank was made from ... «The Sun Chronicle, Jul 15»
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Progress through partnerships is key to business success
Our Upstream Thinking initiative, now its sixth year, has included blanket bog restoration on Exmoor and Dartmoor, restoration of culm ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
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Feniton men suffer double dose of Section THree defeats
In the Over-60s Triples League, the B team defeated Chagford gaining six points, but the A team lost narrowly to Culm Vale C (35-33). Here the ... «Midweek Herald, Jul 15»

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