sediment

(redirected from Sedimentary soil)
Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia.

Related to Sedimentary soil: Sediments

sed·i·ment

(sĕd′ə-mənt)

1. Material that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees.

2. Solid fragments of inorganic or organic material that come from the weathering of rock and are carried and deposited by wind, water, or ice.

[Latin sedimentum, act of settling, from sedēre, to sit, settle; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

sediment

(ˈsɛdɪmənt)

1. matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid

2. (Geological Science) material that has been deposited from water, ice, or wind

[C16: from Latin sedimentum a settling, from sedēre to sit]

sedimentous adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

sed•i•ment

(ˈsɛd ə mənt)

n.

1. the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs.

2. Geol. mineral or organic matter deposited by water, air, or ice.

[1540–50; < Latin sedimentum=sedi- (comb. form of sedēre to sit, settle) + -mentum -ment]

sed`i•men′tous, adj.

sed·i·ment

(sĕd′ə-mənt)

1. Geology Silt, sand, rocks, fossils, and other matter carried and deposited by water, wind, or ice.

2. Chemistry Particles of solid matter that settle out of a suspension to the bottom of the liquid.

The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

sediment

decant - Means to pour wine, taking pains not to disturb any sediment at the bottom; decant comes from Latin de- and canthus, "angular lip of a jug."
allogenic, allochthonous - Geological material that has been transported and then accumulates elsewhere is allochthonous, and sediment carried by a river is allogenic.
lithification - The process of compaction of sediment into stone.
swarve - To choke with sediment.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun	1.	sediment - matter that has been deposited by some natural process deposit matter - that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it" alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvium, alluvion - clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down dregs, settlings - sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid lees - the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage lick, salt lick - a salt deposit that animals regularly lick evaporite - the sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater
Verb	1.	sediment - deposit as a sediment posit, situate, deposit, fix - put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot" sediment - settle as sediment
	2.	sediment - settle as sediment settle, settle down - settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground; "dust settled on the roofs" sediment - deposit as a sediment

sediment

noun dregs, grounds, residue, lees, deposit, precipitate, settlings ocean sediments

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

sediment

noun

Matter that settles on a bottom or collects on a surface by a natural process:

deposit, dreg (often used in plural), lees, precipitate, precipitation.

Translations

ثُفْل

usazenina

aflejringbundfald

botnfall

nogulsnes

sediment

[ˈsedɪmənt] N (in liquids, boiler) → sedimento m, poso m (Geol) → sedimento m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sediment

[ˈsɛdɪmənt] n → sédiment m, dépôt m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sediment

n → (Boden)satz m; (in river) → Ablagerung f; (in chemical solution) → Niederschlag m, → Sediment nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sediment

[ˈsɛdɪmənt] n (in liquids, boiler) → deposito, fondo (Geol) → sedimento

sediment

(ˈsedimənt) noun

the material that settles at the bottom of a liquid. Her feet sank into the sediment on the river bed.

sed·i·ment

n. sedimento, materia que se deposita en el fondo de un líquido.

sediment

n sedimento

References in periodicals archive ?

Tunisia has a sedimentary soil rich in useful substances and industrial stones used in quarries with over 300 sites in continued operation, all products included (granulates, sand, marble stone).

Phosphate production forecast to grow 35% by end of year (secretary of state)

(The rest of the park is equally divided between basaltic and granitic bedrock.) Grains of sand and clay in the sedimentary soil bind sulfate molecules, keeping some of the acid-producing chemical out of the water.

What the streams say: at Shenandoah National Park, research shows that the Clean Air Act is working--but in some places, healthy streams are still a distant dream

Comparative studies of some extractants for sedimentary soil of south western Nigeria.

Comparative growth and yield of okra with cowdung and poultry manure

"The studies show that we have the same sedimentary soil formation as landlocked Chad which has discovered huge deposits of oil.

Ghana: 'we want oil to be a blessing for all'; Ghana will join the club of global oil producers in either late 2009 or early 2010 when production starts in the Tano Basin of the Gulf of Guinea, off the coast of the Western Region where "significant" oil deposits were discovered last year, reports Tom Mbakwe

Full browser ?

CITE

Site: Follow: Share:

Open / Close