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ALLUVIATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alluviation mean?
• ALLUVIATION (noun)
The noun ALLUVIATION has 1 sense:
1. the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
Familiarity information: ALLUVIATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
alluviation; deposit; sedimentation
Hypernyms ("alluviation" is a kind of...):
geological phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alluviation"):
load; lode (a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks)
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