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colmatage

colmatage noun: the deliberate introduction of silty water over low-lying land to build it up by deposition.

Noun

colmatage (uncountable)

  1. The deliberate introduction of silty water over low-lying land to build it up by deposition.

Origin of colmatage

French colmatage

Questions about colmatage

What does colmatage mean?
Colmatage means the deliberate introduction of silty water over low-lying land to build it up by deposition.
What part of speech is colmatage?
Colmatage is a noun.

Words near colmatage in the dictionary

  1. colmado
  2. Colman
  3. Colmar
  4. colmascope
  5. colmascopes
  6. colmatage
  7. colmatation
  8. colmation
  9. Colmenar de Oreja
  10. Colmenar Viejo
  11. Colmenares

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