Alluvium (Noun)

Meaning

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
• Alluvion
• Alluvial Sediment

Hypernyms

• Sediment
• Deposit

Hyponyms

• Placer
• Delta

Related Words

• Alluvial (adjective)