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Meaning of Sediment | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈsɛd.ɪ.mənt

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Afrikaans afsaksel

العربية الراسب ثمالة راسب

Български ута́йка

Bosanski sediment talog zoc зоц седимент талог

Català sediment

Čeština nános sediment usazenina

Cymraeg dyddodion gwaddod

Deutsch Ablagerung Absatz Bodensatz Feststoff Neige Satz Schlacke Sediment

Ελληνικά κατακάθι

Esperanto feĉo

Español sedimentar sedimento

Suomi kerrostuma kiintoaine kiintoaines mura ruoppa sakka saostuma sedimentoida sedimentoitua sedimentti

Français sédiment sédimenter

Gaeilge dríodar

Galego sedimento

עברית סחף שמרים

हिन्दी अवसाद कीट गाद तलछट

Hrvatski sediment talog zoc зоц седимент талог

Հայերեն մրուր

Bahasa Indonesia endapan sedimen

Íslenska botnfall dreggjar set syrja

Italiano deposito sedimento

日本語よどみ堆積物澱

ქართული ნალექი

한국어 지게미 퇴적물

Kurdî şet şet

Latina faex sedimen

Македонски талог

Монгол тунадас

Nederlands sedimenteren

Polski osad osadowy

Português sedimento

Русский оса́док осаждать осаждаться отложение отстой

Српски sediment talog zoc зоц седимент талог

Svenska grums

ไทย ตะกอน

Tagalog tining

Türkçe çökelti çökerti posa

Tiếng Việt trầm tích 𣴓

Examples

“The Nile delta is composed of sediment that was washed down and deposited at the mouth of the river.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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