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Silt
sɪlt
Silt definitions
noun
silt
silts
- fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbour
- a bed or layer of silt
- sediment whose particles are between clay and sand in size (typically 0.002–0.06 mm)
verb
silt
silted
silting
silts
- become filled or blocked with silt
"the river's mouth had silted up"
become blocked become choked become clogged fill up (with silt) become filled become dammed- fill or block with silt
"the soil ends up silting up the stream"