English

Pronunciation

• /kʌlm/

Etymology 1

Noun

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

Etymology 2

Noun

1. the stem of a plant, especially of grass or sedge

   • 1962: 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 — Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire

• the German name for Chełmno, Poland, also spelled Kulm
• Culm (plant)
• Culm Measures, geological formation of England
• Term used for fine-grained waste from anthracite coal preparation plants
• River Culm, Mid-Devon, Engand