culm

Synonyymisanakirja

culm

varsi, kukkavarsi, jalka, runko, korsi, olki.

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culm rimmaa näiden kanssa:

napalm...

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Englannin sanakirja

culm (englanti > suomi)

1. korsi

culm englanniksi

1. waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel; slack.

2. 1887, Homer Greene, Burnham Breaker, Chapter XXI:

Here he lay down on a place soft with culm, to take his contemplated rest, and, before he was aware of it, sleep had descended on him, overpowered him, and bound him fast.

3. anthracite, especially when found in small masses

4. puhekieltä the stem of a plant, especially of grass or sedge

5. 1962, w:Vladimir Nabokov|Vladimir Nabokov, w:Pale Fire|Pale Fire, page 150:

...because, upon hearing him out, she sank down on the lawn in an impossible posture, examining a grass culm and frowning, he had taken his words back at once;...

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