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sediment
[ noun sed-uh-muhnt; verb sed-uh-ment ]
noun
- the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs.
- Geology. mineral or organic matter deposited by water, air, or ice.
verb (used with object)
- to deposit as sediment.
verb (used without object)
- to form or deposit sediment.
sediment
/ ˌsɛdɪˈmɛntəs; ˈsɛdɪmənt /
noun
- matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid
- material that has been deposited from water, ice, or wind
sediment
/ sĕd′ə-mənt /
- Geology.Solid fragmented material, such as silt, sand, gravel, chemical precipitates, and fossil fragments, that is transported and deposited by water, ice, or wind or that accumulates through chemical precipitation or secretion by organisms, and that forms layers on the Earth's surface. Sedimentary rocks consist of consolidated sediment.
- Particles of solid matter that settle out of a suspension to the bottom of the liquid.
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Derived Forms
- sedimentous, adjective
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Other Words From
- sedi·mentous adjective
- self-sedi·mented adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sediment1
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Example Sentences
The large bottle is served slightly on its side in a wicker basket so the sediment can sink to the bottom.
During dry periods, the prints fermented, and when the rain returned, they were preserved under layers of sediment and mud.
He works for the National Park Service on "erosion and sediment control."
The same levees that have prevented floods have also prevented river sediment from replenishing the land naturally.
Fresh river water, carrying its rich load of sediment, no longer reaches and replenishes the Delta.
When the sediment is abundant, casts, being light structures, will be found near the top.
When at all abundant, pus forms a white sediment resembling amorphous phosphates macroscopically.
In gonorrhoea gonococci are sometimes found in the sediment, but more commonly in the "gonorrheal threads," or "floaters."
The sediment contains a few hyaline and finely granular casts and an occasional red blood-cell.
The sediment usually contains abundant amorphous phosphates and crystals of triple phosphate and ammonium urate.
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