Associations to the word «Alluvium»
Noun
- Silt
- Geology
- Till
- Shale
- Gravel
- Peat
- Sandstone
- Sediment
- Deposit
- Drift
- Vicinity
- Terrace
- Karst
- Soil
- Clay
- Wetland
- Limestone
- Sand
- Boulder
- Ganges
- Euphrates
- Erosion
- Carbonate
- Bog
- Plain
- Deposition
- Lag
- Headwater
- Dump
- Quartz
- Accumulation
- Basalt
- Creek
- Canberra
- Stream
- Pebble
- Nile
- Conglomerate
- Fill
- Indus
- Mantle
- Valley
- Flood
- Layer
- Delta
- Hollow
- Estuary
- Debris
- Dune
- Basin
- Patch
- Contact
- Watershed
- Fertility
- Plateau
- Ice
- Reach
- River
- Slope
- Texture
- Formation
- Vegetation
- Brook
- Mud
- Marsh
- Rivers
Adjective
Wiktionary
ALLUVIUM, noun. Soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain
Dictionary definition
ALLUVIUM, noun. Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.