sediment

Sediment is dirt or other matter that settles to the bottom in a liquid.

(noun)

All the little dirt particles that sink to the bottom of a pond are an example of sediment.

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noun

Origin: Fr sédiment < L sedimentum < sedere, to sit

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noun

Material that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees.
Solid fragments of inorganic or organic material that come from the weathering of rock and are carried and deposited by wind, water, or ice.

Origin:

Origin: Latin sedimentum, act of settling

Origin: , from sedēre, to sit, settle; see sed- in Indo-European roots

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