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1. (n.) sediment
the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs.
2. sediment
Geol. mineral or organic matter deposited by water, air, or ice.
Etymology: (1540–50; < L sedimentum=sedi- (comb. form of sedēre to sit , settle) +-mentum -ment)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) sediment, deposit
matter that has been deposited by some natural process
2. (verb) sediment
deposit as a sediment
3. (verb) sediment
settle as sediment
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| Definition of 'sediment' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) sediment
the matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs
2. (noun) sediment
the material of which sedimentary rocks are formed
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Sense: the material that settles at the bottom of a liquid
Her feet sank into the sediment on the river bed.
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 Afrikaans: sediment |
 Arabic: ثُفْل |
 Bulgarian: утайка |
 Brazilian: sedimento |
 Czech: usazenina |
 German: das Sediment |
 Danish: bundfald; aflejring |
 Greek: ίζημα, κατακάθι |
 Spanish: sedimento |
 Estonian: sete |
 Farsi: رسوب |
 Finnish: sakka |
 French: sédiment |
 Hebrew: מִשקָע |
 Hindi: तलछट |
 Croatian: sediment, talog |
 Hungarian: üledék |
 Indonesian: endapan |
 Icelandic: botnfall/-lag |
 Italian: sedimento |
 Japanese: 沈澱物 |
 Korean: 침전물 |
 Lithuanian: nuosėdos |
 Latvian: nogulsnes |
 Malay: mendapan |
 Dutch: bezinksel |
 Norwegian: bunnfall |
 Polish: osad |
 Persian: رسوب |
 Pashto: كنوبى، رسوبي مواد (داوبو |
 Portuguese: sedimento |
 Romanian: sediment |
 Russian: осадок, отложение |
 Slovak: usadenina |
 Slovenian: usedlina |
 Serbian: sediment |
 Swedish: sediment, avlagring, bott |
 Thai: ตะกอน |
 Turkish: çökelti, tortu |
 Taiwanese: 沈積物 |
 Ukrainian: осад; мул |
 Urdu: تلچھٹ |
 Vietnamese: cặn |
 Chinese: 沉积物 |
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