alluvion
English Thesaurus
1. clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down (noun.object)
| hypernym | : | deposit, sediment, |
| definition | : | matter that has been deposited by some natural process (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | delta, |
| definition | : | a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | placer, |
| definition | : | an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral (noun.object) |
| substance holonym | : | alluvial soil, |
| definition | : | a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds (noun.substance) |
2. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land (noun.phenomenon)
| hypernym | : | geological phenomenon, |
| definition | : | a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | debacle, |
| definition | : | flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | flash flood, flashflood, |
| definition | : | a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | noachian deluge, noah and the flood, noah's flood, the flood, |
| definition | : | (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings (noun.phenomenon) |
3. gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment (noun.process)
4. clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down (noun.object)
| derivation | : | alluvial, |
| definition | : | of or relating to alluvium (adj.pert) |
5. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land (noun.phenomenon)
| derivation | : | flood, |
| definition | : | cover with liquid, usually water (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | flood, |
| definition | : | become filled to overflowing (verb.change) |
6. clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down (noun.object)
| derivation | : | alluvial, |
| definition | : | of or relating to alluvium (adj.pert) |
7. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land (noun.phenomenon)
| derivation | : | flood, |
| definition | : | cover with liquid, usually water (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | flood, |
| definition | : | become filled to overflowing (verb.change) |
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