Definition of culm

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Culm (n.) The waste of the Pennsylvania anthracite mines, consisting of fine coal, dust, etc., and used as fuel..

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Slack :: Slack (n.) Small coal; also, coal dust; culm..
Culm :: Culm (n.) The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow..
Culminal :: Culminal (a.) Pertaining to a culmen.
Head :: Head (n.) Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height..
Culminated :: Culminated (imp. & p. p.) of Culminat.
Acme :: Acme (n.) The top or highest point; the culmination.
Culmen :: Culmen (n.) The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill.
Culminating :: Culminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Culminat.
Culminant :: Culminant (a.) Being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude; hence, predominant..
Zenith :: Zenith (n.) hence, figuratively, the point of culmination; the greatest height; the height of success or prosperity..
Culm :: Culm (n.) The waste of the Pennsylvania anthracite mines, consisting of fine coal, dust, etc., and used as fuel..
Sheathed :: Sheathed (a.) Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate..
Culm :: Culm (n.) Mineral coal that is not bituminous; anthracite, especially when found in small masses..
Apogee :: Apogee (n.) Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.
Culmiferous :: Culmiferous (a.) Having jointed stems or culms.
Moon-culminating :: Moon-culminating (a.) Culminating, or coming to the meredian, at or about the same time with the moon; -- said of a star or stars, esp. of certain stars selected beforehand, and named in an ephemeris (as the Nautical Almanac), as suitable to be observed in connection with the moon at culmination, for determining terrestrial longitude..
Culmination :: Culmination (n.) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.
Meridian :: Meridian (a.) Pertaining to the highest point or culmination; as, meridian splendor..
Culminate :: Culminate (v. i.) To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.
Culminate :: Culminate (a.) Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals..
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