culm.
Waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel.
Meaning & usage
Waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel.
The spoils from which such low-quality coal can be retrieved.
culm dump
culm pile
Anthracite, especially when found in small masses.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English culme, colme (“fragments of coal”), of uncertain origin. Probably from Old English *colm, related to Old English col (“coal”). Alternatively, perhaps from Welsh cwlm (“knot or tie”), applied to this species of coal, which is much found in balls or knots in some parts of Wales.
The stem of a plant, especially of grass or sedge.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin culmus. Doublet of French calame, calamus, and haulm; further related to caramel, chalumeau and shawm.
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