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The correct spelling is silt.
How to pronounce silt
/sɪlt/
nounIPA: /sɪlt/
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The correct spelling is silt. Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
- 2.(by extension) Material with similar physical characteristics, whatever its origins or transport.
- 3.A particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
verb
- 1.To clog or fill with silt.
- 2.To become clogged with silt.
- 3.To flow through crevices; to percolate.
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