SILT


Meaning of SILT in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ fine

The water contains fine ~.

… OF SILT

▪ deposit , layer

The wreck was covered in a fine layer of ~.

VERB + SILT

▪ deposit

During the annual floods the river deposits its ~ on the fields.

▪ remove

▪ be covered in , be covered with

SILT + NOUN

▪ deposit

PREPOSITION

▪ with ~

The tunnel had been blocked with ~.

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