haulm

== English == === Alternative forms === halm, hame, hawm === Etymology === 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 calame, calamus, culm, helm (Etymology 4, stalk), and qalam. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɒm/, /hɔːm/ Rhymes: -ɒm, -ɔːm === Noun === haulm (countable and uncountable, plural haulms) (uncountable) The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching. Synonyms: helm, straw, thatch (countable) An individual plant stem. (countable) Part of a harness; a hame. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Lahmu, Laḫmu