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silt

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noun

ˈsilt How to pronounce silt (audio)
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: loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter
also : soil containing 80 percent or more of such silt and less than 12 percent of clay
2
: a deposit of sediment (as by a river)
silty
ˈsil-tē How to pronounce silt (audio)
adjective

silt

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verb

silted; silting; silts

intransitive verb

: to become choked or obstructed with silt
—often used with up
the channel silted up

transitive verb

: to choke, fill, cover, or obstruct with silt or mud
siltation
sil-ˈtā-shən How to pronounce silt (audio)
noun

Example Sentences

Verb The entrance to the creek had silted shut.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
To clean greens, swish in cool water to remove dirt or silt, lift out, drain well and dry in clean towels or a salad spinner. Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2022 In southern Assam’s Haflong town, the railway station was underwater and flooded rivers deposited mud and silt along the rail tracks. Julhas Alam And Wasbir Hussain, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2022 The area recently accumulated excess silt from the Amistad Dam. Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 21 Mar. 2022 The Army Corps of Engineers routinely dredges sand, silt and gravel from the river to clear the way for barges to pass through its shipping channels. Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2022 Lianna Zaragoza’s oil of a section of riverbank at high tide is literally moored in the Potomac; it’s in shades of brown because the pigment was made with river silt collected and ground by the artist. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022 The regional parks agency is spending $7 million to recreate a popular one-time fishing and boating pond that filled with silt in the late 1950s and later became choked with invasive weeds and trees. cleveland, 14 July 2022 The creek’s flows are at an all time-high and running heavy with silt, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2022 In my experience, Texas's three primary soil types are clay, sand and loam (sand, silt and a little clay) soil mixtures. Robby Brown, Forbes, 15 July 2022
Verb
Faison finishes shaking; pale flecks of shell and silt float around him. Emily Cataneo, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2022 Climate change damages the streams where they are hatched, and not just by raising the water temperature: Droughts alter stream flow, forest fires destroy shoreline habitat, and mudslides silt up rivers. Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022 Climate change damages the streams where they are hatched, and not just by raising the water temperature: Droughts alter stream flow, forest fires destroy shoreline habitat, and mudslides silt up rivers. Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022 Climate change damages the streams where they are hatched, and not just by raising the water temperature: Droughts alter stream flow, forest fires destroy shoreline habitat, and mudslides silt up rivers. Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022 Climate change damages the streams where they are hatched, and not just by raising the water temperature: Droughts alter stream flow, forest fires destroy shoreline habitat, and mudslides silt up rivers. Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022 Climate change damages the streams where they are hatched, and not just by raising the water temperature: Droughts alter stream flow, forest fires destroy shoreline habitat, and mudslides silt up rivers. Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022 Climate change damages the streams where they are hatched, and not just by raising the water temperature: Droughts alter stream flow, forest fires destroy shoreline habitat, and mudslides silt up rivers. Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022 Climate change damages the streams where they are hatched, and not just by raising the water temperature: Droughts alter stream flow, forest fires destroy shoreline habitat, and mudslides silt up rivers. Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English cylte, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect sylt beach flooded at high tide; akin to Old High German sulza salt marsh, Old English sealt salt

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1799, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of silt was in the 15th century

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