| NOUN | object | sediment, deposit | matter that has been deposited by some natural process |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERB | motion | sediment | deposit as a sediment |
| motion | sediment | settle as sediment |
| Sounds | seh'dahmahnt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | Matter that has been deposited by some natural process. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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