SILT Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of silt

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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verb

as in to fur

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Recent Examples of silt

Noun

As the waters receded in some areas, many families returned to homes buried under thick layers of silt, adding to the challenges of recovery. — ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026 The water drew back from the house, left a thick, stinking silt across the floor. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

Verb

Historically, the region itself was created by the natural flooding and silting processes of the Mississippi River, which flows across the breadth of the state before spilling into the Gulf of America. — David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025 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. — Literary Hub, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for silt

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Noun

The alternation of the two types of sediments suggests that debris from the broken walls was sliding down while pyroclastic material was still accumulating.

— Yook Ji Hun, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
Spanning parts of Washington, Idaho, and Oregon, the area is best known for its rolling green hills, shaped over thousands of years by windblown sediment called loess.

— Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of sediment

Verb

Measure the area to figure out how many panels and furring strips are needed.

— Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2026
Use shims to keep the panels level and apply a construction adhesive such as Liquid Nails to fasten them to the furring strips.

— Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2026

Definition of fur

Verb

The policy is making the British glass industry more expensive than the cheap imports from China and Turkey which are flooding the market.

— Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
The announcement came almost a week after parts of Connecticut experienced flash flooding on Sunday, which dropped more than 7 inches of rain over a short period of time on the shoreline and left many roads flooded.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of flood

Noun

Spanning parts of Washington, Idaho, and Oregon, the area is best known for its rolling green hills, shaped over thousands of years by windblown sediment called loess.

— Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2026
The base played a critical role in national defense, housing a command bunker, planted deep into the regional loess, that was designed to withstand a nuclear blast.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

Definition of loess

Verb

But the debate is more about whether the opposition coalition can split the vote, strip Hichilema’s UPND of its working legislative majority, and threaten to gridlock reforms.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
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.

— Linh Tat, Oc Register, 5 May 2026

Definition of gridlock

Noun

These monstrous masses are themselves dark, but their formidable gravity violently vacuums up gas and other nearby matter, generating rings of hot, swirling detritus that completely outshine the stars around them.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
The Avalanches are turning their fascination with the detritus of modern life into something unusually expansive.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of detritus

Verb

The water was deep enough to swamp cars in some spots, including at least one person in North Lauderdale who called 911 Monday evening as water poured into their car, per NWS reports.

— Alex Harris Updated September 23, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026
This game, at the Hall of Fame Showcase, will bring droves of national media to revisit the Auriemma-Dawn Staley argument from the last Final Four, when South Carolina swamped the Huskies and ended hope for another title and undefeated season.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026

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