Nearby Words
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to alluvium.
noun
2.
alluvial soil.
3.
Australia. gold-bearing alluvial soil.
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Alluvial
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Example Sentences
- Let there be iron oxides and copper and magnesium and mica to form alluvial fans and washes and canyons and mud hills.
- Stupendous wealth was sucked into an alluvial delta containing a population of fewer than two million.
- Horses, cows and countless birds grazed on the wide alluvial fill separating shore from lake.
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World English Dictionary
| alluvial (əˈluːvɪəl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to alluvium |
| —n | |
| 2. | another name for alluvium |
| 3. | (Austral), (NZ) alluvium containing any heavy mineral, esp gold |
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Science Dictionary
alluvium  (ə-l 'vē-əm) Pronunciation Key
Plural alluviums or alluvia Sand, silt, clay, gravel, or other matter deposited by flowing water, as in a riverbed, floodplain, delta, or alluvial fan. Alluvium is generally considered a young deposit in terms of geologic time. alluvial adjective |
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