Associations to the word «Sediment»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

SEDIMENT, noun. Matter that has been deposited by some natural process.
SEDIMENT, verb. Deposit as a sediment.
SEDIMENT, verb. Settle as sediment.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley