Definitions for sedimentˈsɛd ə mənt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

sed•i•mentˈsɛd ə mənt(n.)

  1. the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs.

  2. Geol. mineral or organic matter deposited by water, air, or ice.

    Category: Geology

Origin of sediment:

1540–50; < L sedimentum=sedi- (comb. form of sedēre to sit , settle) +-mentum -ment

sed`i•men′tous(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. sediment, deposit(verb)

    matter that has been deposited by some natural process

  2. sediment(verb)

    deposit as a sediment

  3. sediment(verb)

    settle as sediment

Wiktionary

  1. sediment(Noun)

    A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.

    The Nile delta is composed of sediment that was washed down and deposited at the mouth of the river.

  2. sediment(Verb)

    To deposit material as a sediment

  3. sediment(Verb)

    To be deposited as a sediment

  4. Origin: From sedimentum < sedeo.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sediment(noun)

    the matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs

  2. Sediment(noun)

    the material of which sedimentary rocks are formed


Translations for sediment

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

sediment(noun)

the material that settles at the bottom of a liquid

Her feet sank into the sediment on the river bed.

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