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• sediment — ► NOUN 1) matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid. 2) Geology material carried in particles by water or wind and deposited on the land surface or seabed. ► VERB ▪ settle or deposit as sediment. DERIVATIVES sedimentation noun. ORIGIN Latin …   English terms dictionary

• sediment — 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. verb settle or deposit as sediment. Derivatives sedimentation noun Origin C16: from Fr.… …   English new terms dictionary

• sediment — noun (singular, uncountable) solid matter that settles at the bottom of a liquid: a brownish sediment at the bottom of the tank …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• sediment — noun the sediment in the coffee pot Syn: dregs, lees, precipitate, deposit, grounds; residue, remains; silt, alluvium; technical residuum …   Thesaurus of popular words

• sediment bulb — noun : a bulb retaining sediment separated by gravity from liquid in a tank …   Useful english dictionary

• sediment — noun Syn: dregs, grounds, lees, residue, deposit, silt …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• sediment — 1. noun /ˈsɛdɪmənt/ a) A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water. The Nile delta is composed of sediment that was washed down and deposited at the mouth of the river. b) sediment See …   Wiktionary

• sediment — I. noun Etymology: Latin sedimentum settling, from sedēre to sit, sink down Date: 1547 1. the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid 2. material deposited by water, wind, or glaciers II. Date: 1859 transitive verb to deposit as sediment… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sediment — UK [ˈsedɪmənt] / US [ˈsedəmənt] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms sediment : singular sediment plural sediments a) a layer of a substance that forms at the bottom of a liquid b) a layer of sand, stones, dirt etc that becomes a layer of rock …   English dictionary

• sediment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. alluvium, silt, settlings, precipitate, lees, dregs, heeltap. See remainder, uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. settlings, residue, lees, dregs, dross, grounds, solids, silt, powder, sand, alluvium …   English dictionary for students

• sediment — sed|i|ment [ sedəmənt ] noun count or uncount a layer of a substance that forms at the bottom of a liquid a. a layer of sand, stones, dirt, etc. that becomes a layer of rock ╾ sed|i|men|tar|y adjective: sedimentary rocks …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English