Silt Synonyms

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

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Silt Sentence Examples

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

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

  • 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.

  • If such a city was to be on the Egyptian coast, there was only one possible site, behind the screen of the Pharos island and removed from the silt thrown out by Nile mouths.

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