alluvion

noun /əluviən/ 4 syllables 8 letters Scrabble 11 WWF 16

Definitions

noun

clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down

noun

the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

noun

gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment

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