alluvium (noun)
1alluvium — ► NOUN ▪ a fertile deposit of clay, silt, and sand left by river flood water. DERIVATIVES alluvial adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from luere to wash …
2alluvium — noun (plural viums or alluvia) Etymology: Medieval Latin, alteration of Latin alluvio Date: circa 1656 clay, silt, sand, gravel, or similar detrital material deposited by running water …
3alluvium — noun soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain …
4alluvium — noun (C, U) technical soil left by rivers, lakes, floods etc …
5alluvium — UK [əˈluːvɪəm] / US [əˈluvɪəm] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms alluvium : singular alluvium plural alluviums science soil containing earth and sand left by rivers or floods …
6alluvium — al|lu|vi|um [ ə luviəm ] noun count or uncount TECHNICAL dirt containing earth and sand left by rivers or floods …
7alluvium — [ə l(j)u:vɪəm] noun a deposit of clay, silt, and sand left by flowing flood water in a river valley or delta, typically producing fertile soil. Derivatives alluvial adjective Origin C17: L., neut. of alluvius washed against , from ad towards +… …
8alluvium — /əˈluviəm / (say uh loohveeuhm) noun (plural alluvia /əˈluviə/ (say uh loohveeuh) or alluviums) 1. a deposit of sand, mud, etc., formed by flowing water. 2. the sedimentary matter deposited thus within recent times, especially in the valleys of… …
9alluvial — alluvium ► NOUN ▪ a fertile deposit of clay, silt, and sand left by river flood water. DERIVATIVES alluvial adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from luere to wash …
10alluvial deposit — noun clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down • Syn: ↑alluvial sediment, ↑alluvium, ↑alluvion • Derivationally related forms: ↑alluvial (for: ↑alluvium) …
