3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Alluvium \Al*lu"vi*um\, n.; pl. E. {Alluviums}, L. {Alluvia}. [L., neut. of alluvius. See {Alluvious}.] (Geol.) Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas. --Lyell. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: alluvium n : clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down [syn: {alluvial sediment}, {alluvial deposit}, {alluvion}] [also: {alluvia} (pl)] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 84 Moby Thesaurus words for "alluvium": acres, alluvion, arable land, ash, cataclysm, cinder, clay, clinker, clod, crust, debris, deluge, deposit, deposition, deposits, detritus, diluvium, dirt, draff, dregs, drift, dross, dry land, dust, earth, ember, engulfment, feces, flood, freehold, froth, glebe, grassland, ground, grounds, inundation, land, landholdings, lees, lithosphere, loess, marginal land, marl, mold, moraine, offscum, overflow, overflowing, overrunning, precipitate, precipitation, real estate, real property, region, regolith, scoria, scree, scum, sediment, settlings, silt, sinter, slag, smut, sod, soil, soot, spill, spillage, subaerial deposit, sublimate, submersion, subsoil, terra, terra firma, terrain, territory, the Deluge, the Flood, the country, topsoil, washout, whelming, woodland
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