haulm
Plural: haulms
Noun
- The stalks or stems of plants, especially after harvest.
- stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding
- The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.
- An individual plant stem.
- Part of a harness; a hame.
Examples
- The HAULM of his strategy was to save the high-point letters for a bingo.
Origin / 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, and helm (Etymology 4).
Scrabble Score: 10
haulm: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhaulm: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
haulm: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
haulm: valid Words With Friends Word