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sediments

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noun

  1. A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.“The Nile delta is composed of sediment that was washed down and deposited at the mouth of the river.”

verb

  1. To deposit material as a sediment.
  2. To be deposited as a sediment.

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