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   silt

   /sɪlt/

   noun

   • 1. fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbour.
   • ▪ a bed or layer of silt.
   • ▪ sediment whose particles are between clay and sand in size (typically 0.002–0.06 mm).

   verb

   • 1. become filled or blocked with silt: "the river's mouth had silted up"
   • ▪ fill or block with silt: "the soil ends up silting up the stream"

   Word Origin late Middle English: probably originally denoting a salty deposit and of Scandinavian origin, related to Danish and Norwegian sylt ‘salt marsh’, also to salt.

   Derivatives

   • 1. siltation noun
   • 2. silty adjective

   Scrabble Points: 4

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