Synonyms for sediment
ˈsɛd ə məntsed·i·ment

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1. sediment

   Synonyms:
   settlement, lees, dregs, grounds, refuse, dross, residuum, precipitate

   Antonyms:
   elutriation, lixiviation, clarification, colature, edulcoration, nitration

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1. sediment, depositverb

   matter that has been deposited by some natural process

   Synonyms:
   down payment, bank deposit, alluviation, sedimentation, depositary, deposition, depository, deposit, repository

2. sedimentverb

   deposit as a sediment

3. sedimentverb

   settle as sediment

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1. • Deposit
   • Settle

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1. sedimentnoun

   Synonyms:
   dregs, lees, settlings, grounds, precipitate, DUNDER

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1. sedimentnoun

   Synonyms:
   precipitate, dregs, lees, settlings, grounds, feculence

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1. List of paraphrases for "sediment":

   sediments, sedimentary, sedimentation, pellet, depositional

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1. Murray Ford:

   We have found Marshall Islands are resilient in the face of rising seas and that sediment supply to some atolls is out-pacing sea level rise, what we don't know is how that will play out in coming decades.

2. Jennifer Lavers:

   If we were to lose these crab species or they were able to become substantially less abundant, that has implications for sediment turnover. It has implications for forest regeneration and growth. It has implications for the tidiness of our beach and ocean environments because potentially you don't have the vultures coming in and cleaning things up.

3. Takeshi Tsuji:

   Zones like the one we investigated are not uncommon along rifts, so I expect that similar reservoirs may exist elsewhere in the Okinawa Trough as well as other sediment-covered continental back-arc basins around the world.

4. John Bodrozic:

   Sediment builds up over time at the bottom of the tank, causing corrosion, partially draining it removes the sediment and keeps the heater running more efficiently — and keeps it running longer.

5. Johann Klages:

   During the initial shipboard assessments, the unusual coloration of the sediment layer quickly caught our attention ; it clearly differed from the layers above it, we had found a layer originally formed on land, not in the ocean.