alluvium
Meaning of alluvium
noun
a deposit of clay, silt, and sand left by flowing floodwater in a river valley or delta, typically producing fertile soil.
mid 17th century: Latin, neuter of alluvius ‘washed against’, from ad- ‘towards’ + luere ‘to wash’.
Information about alluvium
- It is a name.
- The plural form of alluvium is: alluviums.
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Hyphenation of alluvium
al-lu-vium
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- alluvium is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
alluvium synonyms
Meaning alluvial sediment:
Words that rhyme with alluvium
avium, patavium, mendelevium, bivium, conditivium, lixivium, quadrivium, trivium, kurchatovium, ovium, synovium, Sesuvium, colluvium, compluvium, defluvium, diluvium, effluvium, eluvium, exuvium, illuvium, impluvium, pediluvium, profluvium
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