Silt - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|sɪlt|
Brit.
|sɪlt|
noun
- mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
verb
- become chocked with silt
The river silted up
Extra examples
The entrance to the creek had silted shut.
The river is silted up long ago.
The river silted up
The flooding washed sand and silt all over the area.
...the water flowing into the reservoir is sedimenting silt faster than was originally expected...
...an encasement of several inches of silt had helped to preserve the sunken remains of the historic ship...
...a great overflow of water from the heavy rains swept mud and silt down onto the highway...
The silt shallowed the canal
...silt accreting at the mouth of the river over time...
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: silt
he/she/it: silts
present participle: silting
past tense: silted
past participle: silted
I/you/we/they: silt
he/she/it: silts
present participle: silting
past tense: silted
past participle: silted
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