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[sɪlt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbour
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Origin
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late Middle English: probably originally denoting a salty deposit and of Scandinavian origin, related to Danish and Norwegian sylt ‘salt marsh’, also to salt
[sɪlt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- become filled or blocked with silt
(e.g: the river's mouth had silted up)
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Origin
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late Middle English: probably originally denoting a salty deposit and of Scandinavian origin, related to Danish and Norwegian sylt ‘salt marsh’, also to salt
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