alluvium Meaning and Definition
1. n. clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
Alluvium (from the Latin, alluvius, from alluere, "to wash against") is loose, unconsolidated (not cemented together into a solid rock) soil or sediments, which has been eroded, reshaped by water in some form, and redeposited in a non-marine setting.
Synonyms alluvium deposition dregs drift grounds lees precipitate precipitation sediment settlings silt
Antonyms giving
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