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Definition of silt noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

silt

noun
 
/sɪlt/
 
/sɪlt/
[uncountable]
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  1. sand, mud, etc. that is carried by flowing water and is left at the mouth of a river or in a harbour
    • The wreck was covered in a fine layer of silt.
    • The tunnel had been blocked with silt.
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • fine
    … of silt
    • deposit
    • layer
    verb + silt
    • deposit
    • remove
    • be covered in
    • …
    silt + noun
    • deposit
    preposition
    • with silt
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    Word Originlate Middle English: probably originally denoting a salty deposit and of Scandinavian origin, related to Danish and Norwegian sylt ‘salt marsh’, also to salt.
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