sediment : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sediment	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sediment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sediment n matter that has been deposited by some natural process Synonym(s): sediment, deposit v deposit as a sediment settle as sediment
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sediment \Sed"i*ment\, n. [F. s[82]diment, L. sedimentum a settling, fr. sedere to sit, to settle. See {Sit}.] 1. The matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs. 2. (Geol.) The material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.