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silt

[ silt ]

noun

  1. earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.


verb (used without object)

  1. to become filled or choked up with silt.

verb (used with object)

  1. to fill or choke up with silt.

silt

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. a fine deposit of mud, clay, etc, esp one in a river or lake
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. usually foll by up to fill or become filled with silt; choke
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

silt

/ ĭ /

  1. A sedimentary material consisting of grains or particles of disintegrated rock, smaller than sand and larger than clay. The diameter of the particles ranges from 0.0039 to 0.0625 mm. Silt is often found at the bottom of bodies of water where it accumulates slowly by settling through the water.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٲپDz, noun
  • ˈٲ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·ٲtDz noun
  • y adjective
  • · verb (used with object)
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of silt1

1400–50; late Middle English cylte gravel, perhaps originally salty deposit; compare Old English unsylt unsalted, unseasoned, sylting seasoning, syltan to salt, season, Norwegian sylt salty swamp, German ü salt marsh, brine
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of silt1

C15: of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian, Danish sylt salt marsh; related to Old High German sulza salt marsh; see salt
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Regional Water Quality Control Board found that the charred silt does not contain wildfire-related chemicals at levels considered to be dangerous to human health, the health department concluded.

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I wanted to show her what I learned: that we are never alone among the tadpoles, silt and stones, that we belong to nature too.

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Municipal wells typically draw drinking water from hundreds of feet underground, often tapping into aquifers that lie beneath impermeable clay and silt layers called aquitards.

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Prior to the 11th Century, the Cholas had been one among the many squabbling powers that dotted the Kaveri floodplain, the great body of silt that flows through India's present-day state of Tamil Nadu.

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Rescue and recovery efforts have been challenging due to weeds reaching 10 feet tall and stirred-up silt that clouds visibility past a few inches.

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