SILT | • silt n. (Uncountable) Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water. • silt n. (Uncountable, by extension) Material with similar physical characteristics, whatever its origins or transport. • silt n. (Countable, geology) A particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale. |
SILTATION | • siltation n. The (typically undesirable) increase in concentration and or of deposition of water-borne silt in a body of water. • SILTATION n. the process of silting. |
SILTATIONS | • siltations n. Plural of siltation. • SILTATION n. the process of silting. |
SILTED | • silted v. Simple past tense and past participle of silt. • SILT v. to fill with a fine sediment. |
SILTIER | • siltier adj. Comparative form of silty: more silty. • SILTY adj. full of silt. |
SILTIEST | • siltiest adj. Superlative form of silty: most silty. • SILTY adj. full of silt. |
SILTING | • silting v. Present participle of silt. • SILT v. to fill with a fine sediment. |
SILTS | • silts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of silt. • SILT v. to fill with a fine sediment. |
SILTSTONE | • siltstone n. A sedimentary rock whose composition is intermediate in grain size between the coarser sandstone and… • SILTSTONE n. a rock formed of hardened silt. |
SILTSTONES | • siltstones n. Plural of siltstone. • SILTSTONE n. a rock formed of hardened silt. |
SILTY | • silty adj. Having a noticeable amount of silt. • silty adj. Resembling or characteristic of silt. • SILTY adj. full of silt. |