haulm

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haulm

/hɒm/
/hɔːm/

Rhymes with -ɒm, -ɔːm

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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.

noun haulms · halm · hame · hawm

uncountable The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.
Similar: helm, straw, thatch
countable An individual plant stem.
countable Part of a harness; a hame.

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noun stems of cultivated plants left after harvesting

Deutsch	Stroh
Русский	соло́ма solóma

noun an individual plant stem

Português	caule, haste
Français	fane
Deutsch	Halm
Русский	сте́бель stébelʹ, стебелёк stebeljók, соло́минка solóminka

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@misc{haulm_2026,
  title = {haulm},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/haulm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}