Synonyms of the word alluvion


ALLUVIONALLUVIUM - DELUGE - DEPOSIT - FLOOD - INUNDATION - SEDIMENT

alluvion

  • n. (law) The increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.

alluvium

  • n. soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or…

deluge

  • n. A great flood or rain.
  • n. An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
  • n. (Military engineering) A damage control system on navy warships which is activated by excessive temperature…
  • v. (transitive) To flood with water.
  • v. (transitive) To overwhelm.

deposit

  • n. Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material…
  • n. That which is placed anywhere, or in anyone's hands, for safekeeping; something entrusted to the care…
  • n. (banking) Money placed in an account.
  • n. Anything left behind on a surface.
  • n. (finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve…
  • n. A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned,…
  • n. A place of deposit; a depository.
  • v. (transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.
  • v. To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
  • v. To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
  • v. (transitive) To put money or funds into an account.
  • v. To lay aside; to rid oneself of.

flood

  • n. A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall…
  • n. (figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt…
  • n. The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
  • n. A floodlight.
  • n. Menstrual discharge; menses.
  • n. (obsolete) Water as opposed to land.
  • v. To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
  • v. To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
  • v. (figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than cannot…
  • v. (Internet, computing) To paste numerous lines of text to a chat system in order to disrupt the conversation.

inundation

  • n. The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of…
  • n. (metaphorical) An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx.

sediment

  • n. A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.
  • v. (transitive) To deposit material as a sediment.
  • v. (intransitive) To be deposited as a sediment.

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