SEDIMENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does sediment mean?
• SEDIMENT (noun)
The noun SEDIMENT has 1 sense:
1. matter that has been deposited by some natural process
Familiarity information: SEDIMENT used as a noun is very rare.
• SEDIMENT (verb)
The verb SEDIMENT has 2 senses:
1. deposit as a sediment
2. settle as sediment
Familiarity information: SEDIMENT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SEDIMENT (noun)
Meaning:
Matter that has been deposited by some natural process
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
sediment; deposit
Hypernyms ("sediment" is a kind of...):
matter; substance (that which has mass and occupies space)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sediment"):
alluvial deposit; alluvial sediment; alluvion; alluvium (clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down)
dregs; grounds; settlings (sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid)
lees (the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage)
lick; salt lick (a salt deposit that animals regularly lick)
evaporite (the sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater)
• SEDIMENT (verb)
Meaning:
Deposit as a sediment
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "sediment" is one way to...):
deposit; fix; posit; situate (put (something somewhere) firmly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Settle as sediment
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "sediment" is one way to...):
settle; settle down (settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
