sediment
A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.
Example
“The Nile delta is composed of sediment that was washed down and deposited at the mouth of the river.”
Related words
- hemipelagic sediment
- biosediment
- cosediment
- metasediment
- palaeosediment
- paleosediment
- pedosediment
- resediment
- sedimentable
- sedimental
- sedimentize
- sedimentology
Word history
From Latin "sedimentum".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “sediment” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.