alluvium

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13
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19
Letters
8

Definition of alluvium

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin alluvium (“matter deposited by flowing water”), neuter of alluvius (“deposited by a river”), from Latin alluviō (“washing upon, overflowing”). See also al-.

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