Thesaurus: sediment
The matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs.
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Definitions
- n. The matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs.
- n. The material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.
- n. matter that has been deposited by some natural process
- v. deposit as a sediment
- v. settle as sediment
- 1. The matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs. 2. (Geol.) The material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.
- n:100 n. matter that has been deposited by some natural process v. deposit as a sediment v. settle as sediment