malm

[ mahm ]

noun

1. an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.

malm

/ mɑːm /

noun

1. a soft greyish limestone that crumbles easily
2. a chalky soil formed from this limestone
3. an artificial mixture of clay and chalk used to make bricks

Word History and Origins

Origin of malm¹

before 900; Middle English malme sand, malm, Old English mealm- (in mealmiht sandy, mealmstān sandstone); cognate with Old Norse mālmr metal (in granular form), Gothic malma sand; akin to Old Saxon, Old High German melm dust. See meal ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of malm¹

Old English mealm- (in compound words); related to Old Norse malmr ore, Gothic malma sand

Example Sentences

Swedish Academy permanent secretary Mats Malm said at the ceremony that "she wasn't really prepared" to win the prize.

From BBC

Three years ago, Swedish academic Andreas Malm published an incendiary paperback that insisted that strategic nonviolence is unlikely to do much to save the planet.

From Los Angeles Times

One part manifesto, one part micro-budget “MacGyver,” this screenplay puts Malm’s arguments into the mouths of eight young activists who’ve convened in West Texas to pull off the film’s title.

From Los Angeles Times

This “fossil fascism,” as Andreas Malm and the Zetkin Collective have labeled it, marries "extractivism" to ethno-nationalism, with right-wing whites clinging to oil and coal as tightly as Barack Obama once accused their American counterparts of clinging to guns and religion.

From Salon

In an interview, the activist Andreas Malm explores the value of political violence in climate movements.

From New York Times