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silty

silty adjective: having a noticeable amount of silt.

Adjective

silty (comparative siltier, superlative siltiest)

  1. Having a noticeable amount of silt.
    • The silty river needed its channel dredged periodically to remain navigable.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of silt.

Forms of silty

comparativesiltier
superlativesiltiest

Origin of silty

From silt + -y.

Words formed from silty

Words that rhyme with silty

Questions about silty

What does silty mean?
Silty means having a noticeable amount of silt.
What part of speech is silty?
Silty is an adjective.

Words near silty in the dictionary

  1. silts
  2. silts up
  3. siltstone
  4. siltstones
  5. siltuximab
  6. silty
  7. siluciferase
  8. siluer
  9. silumin
  10. silumins
  11. silundum

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