silt
[noun]
Synonyms:
- sediment, alluvium, deposit, ooze, sludge
[verb]
Synonyms:
- silt up: clog, choke, congest

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I. silt¹ /sɪlt/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language]
sand, mud, soil etc that is carried in water and then settles at a bend in a river, an entrance to a port etc

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II. silt² verb
silt up phrasal verb
if something silts up or is silted up, it becomes filled with silt:
The old harbour silted up years ago.

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silt
noun
ADJ. fine The water contains fine silt.
VERB + SILT deposit During the annual floods the river deposits its silt on the fields.
SILT + NOUN deposit

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