| Front | silt |
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| Back | silt noun, verb BrE /sɪlt/ NAmE /sɪlt/ noun word origin example bank [uncountable] sand, mud, etc. that is carried by flowing water and is left at the mouth of a river or in a harbour silty /BrE ; NAmE / adjective silty soils the silty bottom of the river verb verb forms word origin ˌsilt sthˈup | ˌsilt ˈup to block sth with silt; to become blocked with silt Sand has silted up the river delta. The harbour has now silted up. |
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