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silty en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From silt + -y.

Meanings

  1. Having a noticeable amount of silt.
    • The silty river needed its channel dredged periodically to remain navigable.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of silt.

Forms

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siltiest Degree=Sup lexicographic
siltier Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

siltiness · unsilty · siltily

Translations (10)

pt siltoso (having a noticeable amount of silt) · fr limoneux (having a noticeable amount of silt) · da siltet (having a noticeable amount of silt) · cs prachovitý (having a noticeable amount of silt) · es limoso (having a noticeable amount of silt) · de schluffig (having a noticeable amount of silt) · it limoso (having a noticeable amount of silt) · hu iszapos (having a noticeable amount of silt) · it siltoso (having a noticeable amount of silt) · de verschlammt (having a noticeable amount of silt)