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Meaning of siltage | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A mass of silt.

uncountable

Examples

“In some areas it was serious, and it caused siltage. The effect of siltage on reservoirs was to reduce their efficiency. The authority estimated, in 1936, that about one third of the storage capacity of the Hales Bar Reservoir had been lost to siltage in twenty-three years.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

Siltation siltbush Silted silthiofam siltiness Silting