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silt

noun

/sɪlt/

Meaning

Fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment.

The river deposited layers of silt along its banks.

silt up

sediment, deposit, mud, sludge, alluvium

rock, gravel, stone

river silt, fine silt, silt deposit, silt accumulation

a strong verbal attack or a sheet of paper printed on one side

Rude and disrespectful behavior.

A return to a former status or success after a period of decline.

a flat, broad tool used for mixing, spreading, or lifting food

One of the colored segments of a flower that forms the corolla

The process or state of converging.