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English noun: alluvium

1. alluvium (object) clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down


Synonymsalluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvion


Broader (hypernym)deposit, sediment


Narrower (hyponym)delta, placer


Substance holonymalluvial soil









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