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silting

silting noun: the disturbing of fine sediment on the floor of an underwater cave, reducing visibility. Also the present participle and gerund of silt.

Noun

silting (uncountable)

  1. the disturbing of fine sediment on the floor of an underwater cave, reducing visibility

Also used as

silting is also the present participle and gerund of silt.

Phrases with silting

Questions about silting

What does silting mean?
Silting means the disturbing of fine sediment on the floor of an underwater cave, reducing visibility.
What part of speech is silting?
Silting is a noun.

Words near silting in the dictionary

  1. silted up
  2. silthiofam
  3. siltier
  4. siltiest
  5. siltiness
  6. silting
  7. silting up
  8. siltite
  9. siltites
  10. siltlike
  11. silts

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