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sediments

sediments is the plural of sediment.

sediments is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sediment.

Meaning of sediment

Noun

sediment (countable and uncountable, plural sediments)

  1. A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.
    • The Nile delta is composed of sediment that was washed down and deposited at the mouth of the river.

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Questions about sediments

What is sediments the plural of?
Sediments is the plural of sediment.

Words near sediments in the dictionary

  1. sedimentology
  2. sedimentometer
  3. sedimentometric
  4. sedimentometry
  5. sedimentous
  6. sediments
  7. sedinone
  8. Sediq
  9. sedition
  10. seditionaries
  11. seditionary

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