sediment
Meaning of sediment
noun
- matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs.
the ice freezes the wine and sediment at the base of the cork
- settle as sediment.
the erythrocytes were allowed to sediment within the syringe
mid 16th century: from French sédiment or Latin sedimentum ‘settling’, from sedere ‘sit’.
Information about sediment
- The plural form of sediment is: sediments.
- Languages in which sediment is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of sediment
sed-i-ment
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 letters.
- sediment is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
sediment synonyms
Meaning deposit:
Meaning the remnants of a liquid left in a container, together with any sediment:
Meaning the sediment of wine in the barrel; dregs:
Meaning solid particles, especially of coffee, which form a residue; sediment:
Meaning a small amount of something that remains after the main part has gone or been taken or used:
Meaning the parts left over after other parts have been removed, used, or destroyed:
Meaning the acquisition or gradual gathering of something:
Meaning fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbour:
Meaning thick, soft, wet mud or a similar viscous mixture of liquid and solid components, especially the product of an industrial or refining process:
Meaning a deposit of clay, silt, and sand left by flowing floodwater in a river valley or delta, typically producing fertile soil:
Meaning a substance precipitated from a solution:
Meaning a solid deposit of a substance which has sublimed:
Meaning a chemical residue:
Meaning dregs or refuse:
Meaning sediment, dregs, or grounds:
Translation of sediment
- German: Sediment
- Spanish: sedimento
- French: sédiment, sedimento
- Italian: sedimento, deposito
- Portuguese: sedimento
Anagrams of sediment
Words that rhyme with sediment
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