adjective
- most full of or covered with silt (fine particles of earth and sand carried by water)
Usage: superlative form of silty
Examples
- The siltiest part of the river was near the delta where it emptied into the sea.
- After the flood, the siltiest fields required extensive cleanup before planting.
- The siltiest water samples came from the construction site runoff.
- Engineers identified the siltiest section of the harbor for dredging.
- The siltiest pond water made it impossible to see the bottom.
- Farmers avoided the siltiest areas when selecting locations for wells.