NOUN | object | alluvium, alluvial sediment, alluvial deposit, alluvion | clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down |
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Sounds | ahluw'viyahm | |
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Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... |
Meaning | clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down. | |
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Synonyms | alluvial sediment, alluvial deposit, alluvion | |
Narrower | delta | A low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger / larger body of water |
placer | An alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral | |
Broader | sediment, deposit | Matter that has been deposited by some natural process |
Substances | alluvial soil | A fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds |
Spanish | aluvión, depósito aluvial, sedimento aluvial | |
Catalan | alluvio, al·luvió | |
Adjectives | alluvial | of or relating to alluvium |
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