silty
About 0.56 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Having a noticeable amount of silt.
The silty river needed its channel dredged periodically to remain navigable.
- adjective Resembling or characteristic of silt.
Similar words
loose muddy siltlike sedimented soily sludgy soilsome roily gravelly sludgelike
Often followed by
clay sand and clays loam soils sands shale soil or
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