Other Words from silt

Noun

silty \ ˈsil-tē

\ adjective

Verb

siltation \ sil-ˈtā-shən

\ noun

Examples of silt in a Sentence

Verb The entrance to the creek had silted shut.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Completed in 2019, the project took sand from the environmental restoration of the San Elijo Lagoon, which had been filling with silt for decades. — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2022 During July's enormous rainfall, van Lelieveld watched as the river swelled, picked up speed, and turned brown from silt and debris. — Mick Krever, CNN, 5 Nov. 2021 Pieces of gravel are larger and heavier than particles of sand or silt, requiring faster-moving water to pick up the gravel and transport it. — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Apr. 2022 Thorn Creek had other ideas, though, gradually filling the lake with silt that had nowhere to go thanks to the 26th Street dam. — Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 10 Apr. 2022 Flows through the concrete channel and canyons along the border frequently flush mud, silt and other sediment, along with trash, into the ecosystem. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2022 The true magic may lie in the soil, which is rich with river silt. — Sunset Magazine, 21 Mar. 2022 The river, unpolluted seven or eight years ago, is now filled with silt, churned up by barges dredging for gold. — Georgina Gustin, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2021 That same drainage system filtered out silt from the shoes, a necessity in the Grand Canyon. — Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 3 July 2014 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Climate change damages the streams where they are hatched, and not just by raising the water temperature: Droughts alter stream flow, forest fires destroy shoreline habitat, and mudslides silt up rivers. — Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022 Climate change damages the streams where they are hatched, and not just by raising the water temperature: Droughts alter stream flow, forest fires destroy shoreline habitat, and mudslides silt up rivers. — Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022 Climate change damages the streams where they are hatched, and not just by raising the water temperature: Droughts alter stream flow, forest fires destroy shoreline habitat, and mudslides silt up rivers. — Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022 Climate change damages the streams where they are hatched, and not just by raising the water temperature: Droughts alter stream flow, forest fires destroy shoreline habitat, and mudslides silt up rivers. — Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022 Climate change damages the streams where they are hatched, and not just by raising the water temperature: Droughts alter stream flow, forest fires destroy shoreline habitat, and mudslides silt up rivers. — Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2021 Another nail in the coffin: in the 12th and 13th centuries, its harbor began to silt up, just as Altinum's had 800 years before. — Julia Buckley, CNN, 20 Dec. 2021 Deep sea mining works by having vehicles on the ocean floor dig directly into the seabed, and this process releases silt, clay, and other sediments that are immediately carried away by the flow of water. — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2020 One flood, and a river honey hole is now a shallow, silted-in bar. — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 11 May 2020 See More

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