Words Like SEDIMENT
We have put together a list of words that are similar to SEDIMENT.
10 Alternative Words Similar to sediment
10 definitions of sediment
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The matter which subsides to the bottom, from water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs.
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The material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.
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matter that has been deposited by some natural process
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Material that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees.
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Solid fragments of inorganic or organic material that come from the weathering of rock and are carried and deposited by wind, water, or ice.
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The matter which settles to the bottom of water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs; in geology, detrital material mechanically suspended in or deposited from water; the material of which the sedimentary rocks are composed.
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In a steam-boiler, an internal deposit of precipitate from the feed-water, or of solid matter mechanically present, which lies as a loose or soft mud on the heating surfaces: distinguished from scale, which is a hard crystalline coating adhering to the metal.
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To allow to settle; settle: said of matter in suspension in a liquid.