English dictionary
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English noun: alluvion | |||
| 1. | alluvion (process) gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | geologic process, geological process | ||
| 2. | alluvion (phenomenon) the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land | ||
| Samples | Plains fertilized by annual inundations. | ||
| Synonyms | deluge, flood, inundation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | geological phenomenon | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | debacle, flash flood, flashflood, Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, Noah's flood, the Flood | ||
| 3. | alluvion (object) clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down | ||
| Synonyms | alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvium | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deposit, sediment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | delta, placer | ||
| Substance holonym | alluvial soil | ||
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