sediment

Meanings

Noun

A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.

Verb

To deposit material as a sediment.
To be deposited as a sediment.

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Origin

From Middle French sédiment, from Latin sedimentum < sedeō.

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