Loam vs. Sand — What's the Difference?

The definition of Loam (in geology and soil science) is soil composed mostly of sand (particle size > 63 micrometres (0.0025 in)), silt (particle size > 2 micrometres (7.9×10−5 in)), and a smaller amount of clay (particle size < 2 micrometres (7.9×10−5 in)). By weight, its mineral composition is about 40–40–20% concentration of sand–silt–clay, respectively.

Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles. Sand has various compositions but is defined by its grain size.

Soil composed of a mixture of sand, clay, silt, and organic matter.

Small loose grains of worn or disintegrated rock.

A mixture of moist clay and sand, and often straw, used especially in making bricks and foundry molds.

(Geology) A sedimentary material, finer than a granule and coarser than silt, with grains between 0.06 and 2.0 millimeters in diameter.

To fill, cover, or coat with loam.

Often sands A tract of land covered with sand, as a beach or desert.

(geology) A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.

The loose, granular, gritty particles in an hourglass.

(metalworking) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.

Sands Moments of allotted time or duration

To cover, smear, or fill with loam.

(Slang) Courage; stamina; perseverance

Made of loam; consisting of loam.

A light grayish brown to yellowish gray.

A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.

To sprinkle or cover with or as if with sand.

A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making molds for large castings, often without a pattern.

To polish or scrape with sand or sandpaper.

To cover, smear, or fill with loam.

To mix with sand.

A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials

To fill up (a harbor) with sand.

(uncountable) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.

A beach or other expanse of sand.

Personal courage.

A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

A single grain of sand.

A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).

(colloquial) A sandpiper.

Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

(transitive) To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.

(transitive) To cover with sand.

To blot ink using sand.

Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet.

A single particle of such stone.

The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.

Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide.

Courage; pluck; grit.

To sprinkle or cover with sand.

To drive upon the sand.

To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.

To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.

A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral

French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)

Fortitude and determination;

Rub with sandpaper;