The Potsdam Conference is perhaps best known for President Trumanâs July 24, 1945 conversation with Stalin, during which time the President informed the Soviet leader that the United States had successfully detonated the first atomic bomb on July 16, 1945.
loom1. 1  a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc. 2  the art or the process of weaving. 3  the part of an oar between the blade and the handle. 4  to weave (something) on a loom.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Oar. an implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at one end and a broad blade at the other. The part which rests in the rowlock is called the loom. 2  Oar. an oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar. 3  Oar.