sediment

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈsɛd.ɪ.mənt/

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Noun

Singular sediment

Plural sediments

1. Sediment is something that settles at the bottom of a liquid.

   The Nile delta is composed of sediment that was washed down and deposited at the mouth of the river.

Verb

Plain form sediment

Third-person singular sediments

Past tense sedimented

Past participle sedimented

Present participle sedimenting

1. (transitive) If you sediment something, you deposit it as a sediment.
2. (intransitive) If something sediments, it is deposited as a sediment.