Synonyms for alluvium
Definitions
- n. 1
soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain
Forms
- Plural
- alluviums → floods, deposits, alluvions, silts…
Example sentences
- flood The flood waters are predicted to engulf the town.
- deposit You have to give three months' rent as a deposit.
- sediment Layers of sediment lay at the bottom of the riverbed.
- silt The great river was dark with silt.
By length
- 4 letters
- land1, silt1
- 5 letters
- flood1
- 7 letters
- deposit3
- 8 letters
- sediment3, alluvion
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (deposit3 = 3 syllables).