Definition of sediment Sediment
/sɛˈdʌmʌnt/ - [sedumunt] - sed•i•ment
We found 12 definitions of sediment from 6 different sources.
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What does sediment mean?
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NounPlural: sediments |
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| sediment - matter that has been deposited by some natural process | ||
| deposit | ||
| matter that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it" | ||
| alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvium, alluvion clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down | ||
| dregs, settlings sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid | ||
| lees the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage | ||
| salt lick, lick a salt deposit that animals regularly lick | ||
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| sediment - deposit as a sediment | ||
| sediment settle as sediment | ||
| situate, deposit, posit, fix put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot" | ||
| sediment - settle as sediment | ||
| settle down, settle take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest" | ||
| sediment settle as sediment | ||
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Wiktionary 
- sediment (Noun)
A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water . - sediment (Verb)
To deposit material as a sediment. - sediment (Verb)
To be deposited as a sediment.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sediment (n.)
The matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs. - sediment (n.)
The material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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sediment
Any material transported by water which will ultimately settle to the bottom after the water loses its transporting power.\n(Source: LANDY) -
sediment
Matter deposited by some natural process.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sediment
sed′i-ment, n. what settles at the bottom of a liquid: dregs.—adj. Sedimen′tary, pertaining to, consisting of, or formed by sediment.—n. Sedimentā′tion. [L. sedimentum—sedēre, to sit.]
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