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Sediment
ˈsɛdɪm(ə)nt
Sediment definitions
noun
sediment
sediments
- matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs
"the ice freezes the wine and sediment at the base of the cork"
- particulate matter that is carried by water or wind and deposited on the surface of the land or the seabed, and may in time become consolidated into rock
"there is a huge concentration of sediment in deltas"
verb
sediment
sedimented
sedimenting
sediments
- settle as sediment
"the erythrocytes were allowed to sediment within the syringe"
- (of a liquid) deposit a sediment
"heparinated blood was allowed to sediment at room temperature"
- deposit (something) as a sediment
"the DNA was sedimented by centrifugation"