culm
/ˈkʌlm/noun
culm is spelled C-U-L-M: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, culm means “Waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of culm is culms.
How many letters and syllables are in culm?
| Letters | 4: C-U-L-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 115,751st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is culm?
Culm appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce culm?
- /ˈkʌlm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-culm.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of culm
- culms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does culm mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel.
Holonyms: spoils, tailings
- 2
The spoils from which such low-quality coal can be retrieved.
culm dump
- 3
Anthracite, especially when found in small masses.
- 4
The stem of a plant, especially of grass or sedge.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does culm come from?
From Middle English culme, colme (“fragments of coal”), of uncertain origin. Probably from Old English *colm, related to Old English col (“coal”). Alternatively, perhaps from Welsh cwlm (“knot or tie”), applied to this species of coal, which is much found in balls or knots in some parts of Wales.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).