as in sediment
soil made chiefly of loose sedimentary material that is carried by flowing water and that sinks to the bottom of a river, pond, etc.
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Recent Examples of silt
Ryan Brennan
may 26,
Miami Herald,
26 May 2026
The accumulation of silt in a beaver pond frequently smothers trout eggs.
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Nelson Bryant,
Outdoor Life,
20 May 2026
Literary Hub,
22 May 2025
All the while, the Guadalquivir River, which allowed ships into Seville, began to silt up, forcing trade southward to the coastal town of Cádiz.
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Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2023
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Noun
Common contaminants these systems address include sediment (dirt, sand, rust, silt), chlorine and chloramines, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), pesticides and herbicides, heavy metals (lead, mercury, copper), bacteria and unpleasant taste or odors.
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Ryan Brennan
may 26,
Miami Herald,
26 May 2026
The accumulation of silt in a beaver pond frequently smothers trout eggs.
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Nelson Bryant,
Outdoor Life,
20 May 2026
Verb
Its primary purpose is not to control people or accumulate power, except perhaps incrementally, in the form of a kind of silting up of canonical importance.
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Literary Hub,
22 May 2025
All the while, the Guadalquivir River, which allowed ships into Seville, began to silt up, forcing trade southward to the coastal town of Cádiz.
—
Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for silt
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At Walhalla Glades, the carbon instead sat within silicate-rich sediment.
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The results showed that even after weeks of biological growth and sediment buildup, which heavily obscured the test targets, the system successfully identified every single weapon.
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Purple blossoms furred the redbuds along his driveway; here and there beneath them were sprays of yellow forsythia.
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The foils can also retract, meaning that the boats aren't at risk of marine growth, which could otherwise fur them up.
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What used to be open water was heading towards alluvium, and oblivion.
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At some point, alluvium buried the entire tusk, possibly from major storm flooding.
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Thousands of Dutch fans flooded the streets of Monterrey, Mexico, ahead of the Netherlands' World Cup match against Morocco in the round of 32 tonight.
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In the weeks since the show premiered, memes and unauthorized merch capturing Patricia’s dispassionate delivery, heroic shotgun wielding, and jerky dance moves have flooded the internet.
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The Rhône's predominantly granite soils versus Walla Walla's basalt bedrock, riverbed cobbles, and windblown loess.
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The death toll was so high partly because many people lived in cave dwellings carved into soft loess soil.
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Campaign financing, taking money from special interests, leads not only to gridlock but also to an inability for political parties to act in good faith on their constituents’ behalf.
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Such a shift would likely gridlock Washington, effectively ending the prospects for further fiscal stimulus before the 2028 presidential election.
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Rather, our solar system is a celestial shooting gallery, chock-full of flying projectiles—not just meteoroids but larger bodies, such as comets, asteroids, and other cosmic detritus—and Earth is right in the firing line.
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Want to take a dip but daunted by the scum and detritus on your pool's walls, floors, and surfaces?
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Word is Taylor Swift and her longtime stylist, Joseph Cassell, were swamped with sketches from designers from all over the world for this weekend’s wedding of music’s most famous pop star to football’s now most famous tight end.
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The researchers suspect that, during high solar activity, the signal from the planet’s magnetic influence is swamped.
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“Silt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silt. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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