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Halm

Definition: Halm

Halm

Noun

1. Stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Halm

Synonym: haulm (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Halm

Etymologies containing "halm": Calumet. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Halm" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (blade, stalk, stem), German (blade, haulm, spear, stalk, stem, straw), Swedish (litter, straw).

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Commercial Usage: Halm

DomainTitle

Books

  • Concrete Pavements: Harold Halm International Symposium on Concrete Pavement Construction and Piarc 18th World Road Congress-Construction and Mainte (reference)

  • Leading issues in international economic policy: essays in honor of George N. Halm (reference)

  • Renée Van Halm : l'eau à la bouche : March 13-April 27, 1986 (reference)

  • Vom Halm zum Fass : die volkstèumlichen Alkoholarmen : Getreidegetrèanke in Finnland (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Halm

The following table summarizes the usage of "halm" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
HalmLast name30023,775
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Halm

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

halm

5

halm jet press

4

martin halm

3

halm jet

2

halm industry

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Halm

Language Translations for "halm"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

Ñлама (chaff, straw), шума (foliage, haulm, leaf). (various references)

   

Czech

  

stéblo (blade, haulm, stem). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

fûszál (haulm). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

almhay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

haste (arbor, bar, bind, bine, extender, fish rod, handle, haulm, plunger, rod, scape, spindle, sprue, stalk, stem, stock, stud, wattle), pátio de entrada (forefather), caule de cereais, cana (cane, cannon bone, fishing rod, giant reed, haulm, reed, shank, stalk). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

tuleu (haulm). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

ботва (haulm). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

stabljika (haulm, shank, stalk, stem, stipe). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sap (butt, cauline, grip, haft, handgrip, handhold, handle, haulm, helve, hilt, lug, nut, peduncle, scape, shaft, shank, stag, stalk, stem, stick, Stipe, stock), saman (chaff, fodder, haulm, hay, straw). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

thân cây (haulm). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Halm

Derivations

Words beginning with "halm": halma, halmas, halms. (additional references)

Words containing "halm": exophthalmic, exophthalmos, exophthalmoses, exophthalmus, exophthalmuses, ophthalmia, ophthalmias, ophthalmic, ophthalmologic, ophthalmological, ophthalmologically, ophthalmologies, ophthalmologist, ophthalmologists, ophthalmology, ophthalmoscope, ophthalmoscopes, ophthalmoscopic, ophthalmoscopies, ophthalmoscopy, xerophthalmia, xerophthalmias, xerophthalmic. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Halm"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "halm" (pronounced hÄ"m)
2-Ä" maplomb, balm, becalm, bomb, calm, Dom, embalm, Malm, Mom, Nom, palm, pogrom, prom, rom, salaam, som, Tom, Yom.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Halm

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-h-l-m"

-1 letter: ham, lam.

-2 letters: ah, al, am, ha, hm, la, ma.

 Words containing the letters "a-h-l-m"
 

+1 letter: almah, almeh, halma, halms, hamal, haulm, hemal.

 

+2 letters: almahs, almehs, chimla, fulham, haemal, halmas, hamals, hamaul, hamlet, hammal, hamuli, haulms, haulmy, hiemal, hymnal, lamedh, maltha, mollah, moolah, mullah, shalom.

 

+3 letters: alchemy, alchymy, armhole, camphol, chasmal, chimlas, chlamys, fulhams, galumph, halidom, hamauls, hamlets, hammals, hammily, hamular, hamulus, harmful, hematal, hemiola, humanly, humeral, humoral, hymenal, hymnals, lamedhs, lehayim, malthas, manhole, marshal, mochila, mohalim, mollahs, moolahs, mullahs, nymphal, omphali, schmalz, shaloms, shamble, shmaltz, thalami, thermal.

 

+4 letters: alchemic, almighty, amphoral, armholes, bechamel, camphols, chemical, chiasmal, chiliasm, chloasma, chrismal, fishmeal, galumphs, haematal, halftime, halidome, halidoms, hallmark, halutzim, hamulate, hamulose, hamulous, handloom, harmless, haulmier, headlamp, helmsman, helpmate, hemiolas, hemiolia, hologamy, hologram, homeland, hormonal, hotelman, humanely, humerals, hummable, hymeneal, hymenial, inchmeal, lechayim, lehayims, lithemia, logomach, lymphoma, malihini, manholes, marshall, marshals, megalith, megillah, methanol, methylal, mochilas, monachal, mothball, mythical, omphalos, pamphlet, phallism, polymath, qualmish, schmaltz, schmalzy, shamable, shambled, shambles, shameful, sheqalim, shmaltzy, smallish, thalamic, thalamus, thallium, thermals, thraldom, whaleman, whalemen, wheelman.

 

+5 letters: alchemies, alchemist, alchemize, alchymies, algorithm, allomorph, almshouse, amphibole, amphiboly, ashamedly, asphaltum, azimuthal, beamishly, bechamels, blaspheme, blasphemy, chalutzim, chameleon, chamomile, champleve, charmless, chemicals, chiliasms, chlamydes, chlamydia, chlamyses, clamshell, ephemeral, ethmoidal, fishmeals, flashlamp, galumphed, goalmouth, hailstorm, halftimes, halidomes, hallmarks, handlooms, harmfully, haulmiest, headlamps, helpmates, hemelytra, hemiolias, holograms, homelands, homicidal, homoplasy, homopolar, humanlike, humiliate, hymeneals, inhumanly, lachrymal, lagomorph, lamplight, lampshell, lanthanum, lathyrism, lechayims, lithemias, loathsome, logarithm, logomachs, logomachy, lunchmeat, lymphatic, lymphomas, mahlstick, malachite, malathion, malihinis, manhandle, mannishly, marchlike, marshalcy, marshaled, marshalls, marshland, matchable, matchless, matchlock, mawkishly, meanwhile, megaliths, megillahs, melphalan, methanols, methylals, methylase, methylate, milkshake, mishandle, monarchal, mothballs, mullahism, multipath, nemophila, nymphalid, ohmically, pamphlets, phallisms, polymaths, polymathy, schmaltzy, schmalzes, schoolman, shambling, shambolic, shameless, shmaltzes, tallithim, thalliums, thermally, thraldoms, thralldom, thumbnail, triumphal, wheelsman, whimsical.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Halm


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 61 6C 6D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

....    .-    .-..    --

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01100001 01101100 01101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#97 &#108 &#109

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0061 006C 006D

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

42677879

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Names: Frequency
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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