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ALLUVIATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
Synonyms:
alluviation; deposit; sedimentation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
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)
