alluvium : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: alluvium	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for alluvium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alluvium n clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down Synonym(s): alluvial sediment, alluvial deposit, alluvium, alluvion
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alluvium \Allu"vium\, 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.