silt
noun
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
silty
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a word derived from
silt.
Example Sentences
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Under this explanation, the finer, silty deposits were deposited first from a farther-away quake on the Cascadia subduction zone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
The silty, sandstone beds containing the footprints are rapidly eroding under the coastal tides and waves.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2023
Its silty rivers rush down from the Himalayas, spill into a filigreed maze of ponds, wetlands and tributaries before emptying into the blustery, black Bay of Bengal.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2023
Lake Accotink has long been a cherished oasis amid Northern Virginia’s busy streets, one dredged three times since 1965 to keep silty urban runoff from swallowing it up.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 5, 2023
Daylight streamed through the hole onto a mound of splintered floorboards and broken glass from which rose coils of silty dust, pieces of torn carpet plastered here and there like scraps of desiccated meat.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
