Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting of or resembling silt; full of silt.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of silt; resembling silt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a noticeable amount of
silt .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective full of silt
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Examples
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Soil that contains a lot of silt is called silty soil.
Chapter 6 1976
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The water was freezing, she could barely feel the smooth stones and silty bottom on her numb feet.
So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011
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The mood lightened, but the word “blackmail” hung in the air, dark and silty.
The Bird House Kelly Simmons 2011
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Solemn straight hair, eyes like silty ocean water.
The Bird House Kelly Simmons 2011
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I stayed at the Four Seasons Tented Camp Golden Triangle, an enclave of 15 luxurious guest tents situated in a tall bamboo grove along the silty Ruak River, a Mekong tributary.
A Very Big Game Adam H. Graham 2011
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“Quite,” Rat said as she put her hands on the silty, stony bottom and let her legs float on the gentle current.
So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011
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Tracks leading up into the scrubby, windswept highlands of the Slieve Aughty and down toward silty creek beds and swift rivers flowing south and west toward Lough Derg and the Shannon.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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The mood lightened, but the word “blackmail” hung in the air, dark and silty.
The Bird House Kelly Simmons 2011
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Tracks leading up into the scrubby, windswept highlands of the Slieve Aughty and down toward silty creek beds and swift rivers flowing south and west toward Lough Derg and the Shannon.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Solemn straight hair, eyes like silty ocean water.
The Bird House Kelly Simmons 2011
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