coolamon
[ koo-luh-mon, -muh n ]
/ ˈku ləˌmɒn, -mən /
noun
a basinlike dish made from wood or bark by Australian Aborigines.
Origin of coolamon
First recorded in 1840–50,
coolamon is from the Kamilaroi word
gulaman
Words nearby coolamon
cool out,
cool school,
cool, calm, and collected,
cool-headed,
coolabah,
coolamon,
coolant,
cooldown,
cooler,
cooley,
cooley's anaemia
British Dictionary definitions for coolamon
coolamon
/ (ˈkuːləmɒn) /
noun
Australian
a shallow dish of wood or bark, used for carrying water
Word Origin for coolamon
C19: from a native Australian language