Alluvion (Noun)

Meaning ¹

Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).

Synonyms

• Alluvial Deposit
• Alluvium
• Alluvial Sediment

Hypernyms

• Sediment
• Deposit

Hyponyms

• Placer
• Delta

Meaning ²

The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations".

Classification

Nouns denoting natural phenomena.

Synonyms

• Inundation
• Flood
• Deluge

Hypernyms

• Geological Phenomenon

Hyponyms

• Flash Flood
• Debacle
• Noah And The Flood
• Noah's Flood
• Flashflood
• Noachian Deluge

Meaning ³

Gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Hypernyms

• Geologic Process