Definition of Silts

1. Verb. (third-person singular of silt) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Silts

1. silt [v] - See also: silt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Silts

silphion
silphions
silphium
silphiums
silsesquioxane
silsesquioxanes
silt
silt up
siltation
siltations
silted
silted up
siltier
siltiest
silting
silts (current term)
siltstone
siltstones
siltuximab
silty
silumin
silure
silurian
silurid
silurid fish
siluridan
siluridans
silurids
siluriform fish
silurist

Literary usage of Silts

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

1. Final Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1902)
"The clays and silts of a glacial lake possess certain characteristics by ... The finer silts and the clayey deposits are found at some distance from the ..."

2. Report of Progress for by Geological Survey of Canada (1879)
"Material of the character of the deposit. silts occurs still higher than this, ... On the North Thompson, white silts occur in occasional banks at least as ..."

3. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International Conference by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"THAW CONSOLIDATION OF ALASKAN silts AND GRANULAR SOILS Ulrich Luscher and Shérif S. Afifi WOODWARD-LUNDGREN & ASSOCIATES Oakland, California INTRODUCTION To ..."

4. The Physical Geography, Geology, Mineralogy and Paleontology of Essex County by John Henry Sears (1905)
"The bend below Mitchell's falls, showing deposits of river silts. Kame gravels in the foreground. Fig. 172. —ENCLOSED BLOCK OF FERRUGINOUS GRAVEL PROBABLY ..."

5. A History of Northern Michigan and Its People by Perry Francis Powers, Harry Gardner Cutler (1912)
"... OF THE ICE ADVANCE—WALLED LAKES—GLACIAL BOULDERS—L^KE DEPOSITS—ROAD GRAVELS—BOG LIME—PEAT— RIVER silts—CONNECTION OF SURFACE DEPOSITS AND SOILS—TYPES OF ..."

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