NOUN | object | sediment, deposit | matter that has been deposited by some natural process |
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VERB | motion | sediment | deposit as a sediment |
motion | sediment | settle as sediment |
Sounds | seh'dahmahnt | |
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Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... |
Meaning | Matter that has been deposited by some natural process. | |
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Synonym | deposit | |
Narrower | alluvial sediment, alluvial deposit, alluvium, alluvion | clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down |
dregs, settlings | sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid / liquid | |
evaporite | The sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater | |
lees | The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage | |
salt lick, lick | A salt deposit that animals regularly lick | |
Broader | matter | That which has mass and occupies space |
Spanish | depósito, sedimento | |
Catalan | pòsit, sediment | |
Adjectives | sedimentary | resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of sediment |
Meaning | Deposit as a sediment. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Broader | situate, fix, posit, deposit | put (something somewhere) firmly |
Similar to | sediment | Settle as sediment |
Spanish | sedimentar | |
Nouns | sedimentation | the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating |
Meaning | Settle as sediment. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
Broader | settle, settle down | Settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground |
Similar to | sediment | Deposit as a sediment |
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