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Word entry · 8 letters

alluvium

Best crossword clue

"Stream sediment"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted aillmuuvStarts with AEnds with M2 cluesCommon crossword word
1A2L3L4U5V6I7U8M

Definitions

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

Word origin

From Medieval Latin alluvium (“matter deposited by flowing water”), neuter of alluvius (“deposited by a river”), from Latin alluviō (“washing upon, overflowing”). See also al-.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Stream sediment8 letters
02River deposit8 letters

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