Silt
[sɪlt]
Definition
(noun.) mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake.
Edited by Elvis--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
(v. t.) To choke, fill, or obstruct with silt or mud.
(v. i.) To flow through crevices; to percolate.
Typist: Mag
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Sediment, deposit, alluvium.
Editor: Michel
Definition
n. that which is left by straining: sediment: the sand &c. left by water.—v.t. to fill with sediment (with up).—v.i. to percolate through pores: to become filled up.—adj. Silt′y full of or resembling silt.
Typed by Julie
Examples
- These jetties so concentrated the flow of waters into a narrow channel as to cause its increased velocity to wash out the mud and silt and deepen the channel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Thus vessels laden with coal have been traced that had been many years under the water and deeply covered with sand and silt, and their cargoes brought to the surface. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- An important engineering invention for tunneling through silt or soft soil is the so-called shield. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The most difficult combination that had to be dealt with under the river was when the bottom consisted of rock and the top of silt and wet sand. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In tunneling under the river, nearly every conceivable combination of rocks and soils were met, but for the most part the material was silt. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Meg