sediment
About 7.04 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.
The Nile delta is composed of sediment that was washed down and deposited at the mouth of the river.
- verb To deposit material as a sediment.
- verb To be deposited as a sediment.
Similar words
deposit siltation silt water sedimentary sludge sedimentation sunken lateritious pellet
Often followed by
transport and is in of from load to was
Word family
sedimented sedimenting sediments
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