sediment

From Middle French sédiment, from Latin sedimentum < sedeō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛd.ɪ.mənt/
• Rhymes: -ɛdɪmənt

sediment (countable and uncountable, plural sediments)

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

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

• dregs
• grounds
• grout
• settlings

• sedimentary
• sedimentation
• sedimentaceous
• sedimentitious

sediment (third-person singular simple present sediments, present participle sedimenting, simple past and past participle sedimented)

1. (transitive) To deposit material as a sediment.
2. (intransitive) To be deposited as a sediment.

• Edmisten, end items, end times, enmisted, midteens, tidesmen

sediment m

1. sediment

• usazenina

• See sese

• sediment in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• sediment in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from Middle French sédiment.

• IPA^(key): /ˌseː.diˈmɛnt/
• Hyphenation: se‧di‧ment
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

sediment n (plural sedimenten)

1. sediment

• sedimentaanvoer
• sedimentafzetting
• sedimentgesteente

From Latin sedimentum

sediment n (definite singular sedimentet, indefinite plural sediment or sedimenter, definite plural sedimenta or sedimentene)

1. sediment

• sedimentær

• “sediment” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin sedimentum

sediment n (definite singular sedimentet, indefinite plural sediment, definite plural sedimenta)

1. sediment

• sedimentær

• “sediment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /sedǐment/
• Hyphenation: se‧di‧ment

sedìment m (Cyrillic spelling седѝмент)

1. sediment