Silt

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɪlt/
• Rhymes: -ɪlt

Origin

From Middle English cylte, cognate with Norwegian and Danish sylt ("salt marsh") and Old English sealt ("salt")

Full definition of silt

Noun

1. Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
2. Material with similar physical characteristics, whatever its origins or transport.
3. (geology) A particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale

Verb

1. (transitive) To clog or fill with silt.
2. (intransitive) To become clogged with silt.
3. (transitive) To flow through crevices; to percolate.

Derived terms

• silt up

Anagrams

• list, lits, slit