Synonyms of the word

alluvium

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

alluvion

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

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.

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.