Definition of Eluvium

1. Noun. Residual deposits of soil, dust(,) and rock particles produced by the action of the wind. ¹

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Definition of Eluvium

1. a soil deposit [n -VIA or -VIUMS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eluvium

elutriated
elutriates
elutriating
elutriation
elutriations
elutriator
elutriators
eluvia
eluvial
eluviate
eluviated
eluviates
eluviating
eluviation
eluviations
eluvium (current term)
eluviums
eluxated
eluxation
elvan
elvanite
elvanites
elvans
elve
elven
elver
elvers
elves
elvish
elvishly

Literary usage of Eluvium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"Contarini did his best to stir him up to action. In his " Epistola de potentati Pontificia in usu eluvium™ and in his "De ..."

2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"spec, detritus, eluvium. debt, n. Spec, due (chiefly in pi.), arrear (chiefly in pi.). debut, n. appearance, coming-out. "Debut" is French. débutant, ..."

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