silt
Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing waterMud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
Schlamm, Schlick, Schluff
илil
мулmul, наму́лnamúl, ілil
mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
(broadly, uncountable)Any material with similar physical characteristics, regardless of its origins or transport.
(countable)A particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
Examples
4 sentencesThe river was cloudy with silt.
ruРека была мутной от ила. — Karok
The great river was dark with silt.
Silt has a finer particle size than sand, but not as fine as clay.
The soil should be full of loam, a mixture of sand, silt, clay and organic material.
Translations
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Forms
plural: siltsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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