alluvium

Meaning

soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain

Synonyms

alluvion

alluvial deposit

silt

ooze

alluvial sediment

alluvial

mud

overburden

puddle

sewage

slab

slime

slosh

sludge

wash

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alluvial stratum

transported soil

atteration

alluvial land

aggrading

aggradation

fluvisol

alluvial soil

bench

clay

mire

mortar

Translations

aluvión

alluvion

alluvions

deyección

Etymology

From Medieval Latin alluvium (“matter deposited by flowing water”), neuter of alluvius (“deposited by a river”), from Latin alluviō (“washing upon, overflowing”).