Silt Synonyms

sĭlt
Become chocked with silt
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. silt-up
Synonyms:
(Noun)
  1. sediment
  2. sand
  3. deposit
  4. varbe

Words Related to Silt

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Silt Sentence Examples

  • Much of this silt is again carried away by the San Juan.

  • This current catches the silt brought down by the rivers and projects it in long banks, or lidi, parallel with the shore.

  • The immediate effect, which is highly beneficial, is the deposition of silt from the tide.

  • Considerable deposits of mud, silt and sand are accumulating in many of the estuaries.

  • Even at that period, however, the silt brought down by the rivers rendered access to the harbour difficult, and the historian Philistus excavated a canal to give free access to the sea.

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