Synonyms for silt

Grammar : Noun

Spell : silt

Phonetic Transcription : sɪlt

Définition of silt

Origin : mid-15c., originally "sediment deposited by seawater," probably from a Scandinavian source (cf. Norwegian and Danish sylt "salt marsh"), or from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch silte, sulte "salt marsh, brine," from Proto-Germanic *sultjo- (cf. Old English sealt, Old High German sulza "saltwater," German Sulze "brine"), from PIE *sal- (see salt (n.)).

noun sediment

Example sentences :

The tides have gradually filled their shallow harbors with silt.
Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook

The floor of the valley was silt, sand and gravel—they would find nothing there.
Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin

And all this silt is deposited in the flat delta below New Orleans.
Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin

These methods have notable effect on silt and acid production.
Extract from : « The Nation's River » by United States Department of the Interior

There must be no halting of its contents, and no deposit of filth or silt at any point.
Extract from : « Village Improvements and Farm Villages » by George E. Waring

Millions of tons of silt have been deposited in this great alluvial basin.
Extract from : « The Gates of India » by Thomas Holdich

Five of them were found buried in the silt under the streets of Glasgow.
Extract from : « Primitive Man » by Louis Figuier

The rock fragments—soil, gravel, and silt—carried by a glacier.
Extract from : « Geology » by William J. Miller

This silt is brought down in the tributary rivers and emptied into the gulfs.
Extract from : « Human Life » by Sherwood Sweet Knight

In this way the silt is suspended in the water moving on into the deep sea.
Extract from : « The International Development of China » by Sun Yat-sen

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