sediment
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sediment/ˈsedɪmənt/
▶noun
- 1 matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid.
- 2 Geology particulate matter carried by water or wind and deposited on the land surface or seabed.
– derivatives
sedimentation noun.
sedimentation noun.
– origin C16: from Fr. sédiment or L. sedimentum ‘settling’.
'sediment' also found in these Oxford entries:
alluvion
- argillaceous
- decant
- delta
- dewater
- diagenesis
- disgorge
- dregs
- dune
- esker
- feculent
- fine
- fulgurite
- grouts
- gyttja
- lees
- levee
- loess
- moraine
- pelite
- pod
- prograde
- rack
- remuage
- roil
- sand
- sedimentary
- settle
- silt
- stromatolite
- terrigenous
- till
- turbidite
- turbidity current
- warp
- wash
