Definitions for silt
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. siltverb

   mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake

2. silt up, siltverb

   become chocked with silt

   "The river silted up"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. siltnoun

   Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.

2. siltnoun

   Material with similar physical characteristics, whatever its origins or transport.

3. siltnoun

   A particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale

4. siltverb

   To clog or fill with silt.

5. siltverb

   To become clogged with silt.

6. Etymology: From cylte, cognate with Norwegian and Danish sylt and Old English sealt

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Siltnoun

   Mud; slime.

   Several trees of oak and fir stand in firm earth below the moor, near Thorny, in all probability covered by inundation, and the silt and moorish earth exaggerated upon them. Matthew Hale.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Silt

   Silt is granular material of a size between sand and clay and composed mostly of broken grains of quartz. Silt may occur as a soil (often mixed with sand or clay) or as sediment mixed in suspension with water. Silt usually has a floury feel when dry, and lacks plasticity when wet. Silt also can be felt by the tongue as granular when placed on the front teeth (even when mixed with clay particles). Silt is a common material, making up 45% of average modern mud. It is found in many river deltas and as wind-deposited accumulations, particularly in central Asia, north China, and North America. It is produced in both very hot climates (through such processes as collisions of quartz grains in dust storms) and very cold climates (through such processes as glacial grinding of quartz grains.) Loess is soil rich in silt which makes up some of the most fertile agricultural land on Earth. However, silt is very vulnerable to erosion, and it has poor mechanical properties, making construction on silty soil problematic. The failure of the Teton Dam in 1976 has been attributed to the use of unsuitable loess in the dam core, and liquefication of silty soil is a significant earthquake hazard. Windblown and waterborne silt are significant forms of environmental pollution, often exacerbated by poor farming practices.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. silt

   Silt is a type of fine sediment or particle found in soil or sedimentary rock, typically of a size between sand and clay. It is created by the physical and chemical weathering of rock and is often transported and deposited by water or wind. Silt is commonly found in river beds, flood plains, and at the bottom of bodies of water, such as ponds, lakes, and oceans. It is particularly fertile and is therefore commonly used in agriculture.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Siltnoun

   mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water

2. Siltverb

   to choke, fill, or obstruct with silt or mud

3. Siltverb

   to flow through crevices; to percolate

4. Etymology: [OE. silte gravel, fr. silen to drain, E. sile; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. sila, prob. akin to AS. sen to filter, sgan to fall, sink, cause to sink, G. seihen to strain, to filter, OHG. shan, Icel. sa, Skr. sic to pour; cf. Gr. 'ikma`s moisture. Cf. Sig, Sile.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Silt

   Silt is granular material of a size somewhere between sand and clay whose mineral origin is quartz and feldspar. Silt may occur as a soil or as suspended sediment in a surface water body. It may also exist as soil deposited at the bottom of a water body.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Silt

   silt, n. that which is left by straining: sediment: the sand, &c., left by water.—v.t. to fill with sediment (with up).—v.i. to percolate through pores: to become filled up.—adj. Silt′y, full of, or resembling, silt. [Prov. Eng. sile, allied to Low Ger. sielen, Sw. sila, to let water off, to strain.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. silt

   Sediment; ooze in a harbour, or at a lock-gate.

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1. silt

   The silt symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the silt symbol and its characteristic.

2. SILT

   What does SILT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the SILT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Anagrams for silt »

1. list

2. lits

3. slit

How to pronounce silt?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of silt in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of silt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of silt in a Sentence

1. Alok Gupta:

   Silt increases soil fertility. If farmers use the silt from Nilona, they can get a higher (crop) yield. In turn, we don’t have to worry about its disposal.

2. Richard Peirce:

   An awful lot of attacks occur in river mouths, where there is silt and other material in suspension in the river -- people washing their clothes, people washing themselves.

3. Farmer Gaju Rawat:

   They offered us tonnes of silt for free, provided we transported it ourselves. I brought 30 tractors of silt, which is a very good way to increase moisture to my field. Normally I get 15-30 quintals of cotton. But this year, I am expecting at least double that.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=silt
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Silt
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=silt
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silt
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silt
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=silt
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=silt
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=silt