Meaning & use
Silting
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The gradual accumulation of silt that fills or clogs a river, harbor, or other body of water.
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Silting of the harbor mouth forced engineers to dredge the channel every spring.
Years of silting had turned the once-deep lake into a shallow marsh.
A note on using this word
Formed from the noun 'silt' (fine waterborne sediment) plus '-ing'; a common term in geography and environmental engineering.
Words with a similar meaning
siltationsedimentation
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Another way to use it
2. verb
to become filled or clogged with silt
The reservoir has been silting up for decades.
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