■ noun
1》 fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment.
2》 technical sediment whose particles are between clay and sand in size (typically 0.002–0.06 mm).
■ verb fill or block or become filled or blocked with ~.
Derivatives
~ation noun
~ing noun
~y adjective
Origin
ME: prob. orig. denoting a salty deposit and of Scand. origin, related to salt .