Sediment Definition

sĕdə-mənt
sediments
noun
sediments
Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid.
Webster's New World
Matter deposited by water or wind.
Webster's New World
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verb

To deposit material as a sediment.

Wiktionary
(intransitive) To be deposited as a sediment.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Sediment

Noun

Singular:
sediment
Plural:
sediments

Origin of Sediment

  • Latin sedimentum act of settling from sedēre to sit, settle sed- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin sedimentum < sedeō.

    From Wiktionary

Sediment Sentence Examples

  • The river carries its sediment westward.

  • The waters between these beaches and the mainland are gradually filling with sediment and changing into tidal marsh.

  • When the whole of the sediment is on the cork, the iron clip, with which the latter is kept in position, is removed for a moment, and the force of the wine ejects the sediment and cork simultaneously.

  • Over time, more and more layers of sediment built up and gradually hardened into rock.

  • I had withdrawn so far within the great ocean of solitude, into which the rivers of society empty, that for the most part, so far as my needs were concerned, only the finest sediment was deposited around me.

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Words Starting With

SSESED

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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Words Starting With S and Ending With T

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