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.
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Recent Examples of silts
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.
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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.
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Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Finer clays, silts and coarser sands would all have been deposited by different processes.
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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for silts
Noun
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Its outer space is filled with cosmic detritus, mean characters and cute critters.
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Despite those efforts, the pool still faced algae blooms and needed to be emptied out periodically to clean out algae, goose droppings and other detritus.
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This is the essence of GPS spoofing, in which an attacker floods a GPS receiver with deceptive signals.
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Melatonin floods the brain and body, telling each cell that night has come.
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“Silts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silts. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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