Words Like SEDIMENT

We have put together a list of words that are similar to SEDIMENT.

10 Alternative Words Similar to sediment

1 Deposit Noun      Synonym Words Like Deposit
2 Matter Noun      Synonym Words Like Matter
3 Substance Noun      Synonym Words Like Substance
4 Fix Verb      Synonym Words Like Fix
5 Posit Verb      Synonym Words Like Posit
6 Settle Verb      Synonym Words Like Settle
7 Situate Verb      Synonym Words Like Situate
8 Lees Noun      Synonym Words Like Lees
9 Evaporite Noun      Hyponym Words Like Evaporite
10 Lick Noun      Hyponym Words Like Lick

10 definitions of sediment

1 The matter which subsides to the bottom, from water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs.
2 The material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.
3 settle as sediment
4 deposit as a sediment
5 matter that has been deposited by some natural process
6 Material that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees.
7 Solid fragments of inorganic or organic material that come from the weathering of rock and are carried and deposited by wind, water, or ice.
8 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.
9 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.
10 To allow to settle; settle: said of matter in suspension in a liquid.
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