noun
- very fine particles of sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as sediment
verb
- to fill or block with silt
Examples
- The river carried silt downstream during the flood.
- Rich silt deposits made the farmland very fertile.
- The harbor was full of silt and needed dredging.
- Heavy rains caused silt to accumulate in the drainage ditches.
- The old dam had silted up over the years.
- Sediment and silt blocked the irrigation channels.
- The delta was formed by centuries of silt deposits.