adjective
- containing or consisting of silt; having the characteristics of fine particles of earth or sand carried by water
Examples
- The river bottom was silty after the spring floods.
- Farmers prefer silty soil because it retains moisture well.
- The lake water looked silty and brown after the storm.
- Silty deposits accumulated at the mouth of the creek.
- The archaeologists dug through layers of silty earth.
- Heavy rains made the pond water silty and murky.