Synonyms of silts

silts 1 of 2

noun

plural of silt

as in sediments

soil made chiefly of loose sedimentary material that is carried by flowing water and that sinks to the bottom of a river, pond, etc.

Related Words

• sediments
• marls
• detritus
• alluviums
• loesses
• clays
• muds
• molds
• gravels
• kaolins
• sands
• clods
• shingles
• colluvia
• loams
• dirt
• earth
• topsoils
• dust
• muck
• gumbos
• ground
• subsoils
• gaults
• blacklands
• gleys
• gucks
• humuses
• substrata
• duffs
• mulls

silts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of silt

as in furs

Related Words

• furs
• floods
• swamps
• fills
• inundates
• gridlocks
• gluts
• overwhelms
• congests
• packs
• corks
• blocks
• clots
• occludes
• dams
• clogs
• stopples
• plugs (up)
• obstructs
• spiles
• bungs
• stops (up)
• gums (up)
• chokes
• jams
• stoppers
• stuffs

Dissimilar Words

• opens (up)
• frees
• clears
• unblocks
• unplugs
• excavates
• unclogs
• scoops (out)
• unstops
• empties
• hollows (out)
• lightens

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of silts

Noun

Finer clays, silts and coarser sands would all have been deposited by different processes. — Geoff Emberling, The Conversation, 19 May 2026

These silts were left behind when ancient river channels filled up or when floodwaters slowed down and gently dropped tiny particles. — Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025

Once river water enters the top of the lake, its slower-moving waters allow silts and other particles to drop to the bottom, and the water that exits the lake and flows further down the river is cleaner. — Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025