n.
Pronunciation: ' silt
Function: noun
Etymology: 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
Date: 15th century
1 : 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 \ ' sil-t ē \ adjective