Definitions for alluvion

alluvion al·lu·vi·on

Spelling: [uh-loo-vee-uh n]
IPA: /əˈlu vi ən/

Alluvion is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in alluvion (aillnouv).

Definitions for alluvion

noun

  1. Law. a gradual increase of land on a shore or a river bank by the action of water, whether from natural or artificial causes.
  2. overflow; flood.
  3. Now Rare. alluvium.

Origin of alluvion

1530-40; Latin alluviōn- (stem of alluviō an overflowing), equivalent to al- al- + -luv-, base of -luere, combining form of lavere to wash) + -iōn-

Examples for alluvion

alluvion, al-lū′vi-un, n. land gained from the sea by the washing up of sand and earth.

Springs are common in the alluvion, and more frequently than in the case of drift, they can be found by boring.

On the western bank was spread out a broad sheet of alluvion five miles in breadth, completely inundated by the swollen stream.

The level surface of this alluvion is illustrated by the very slight descent of the Jhelam.

I examined the contents with great care and found a few grains of gold in the alluvion!

The deposites of alluvion along the banks betray a similar origin of gradual accumulation by the annual floods.

As the alluvion is carried on, the slope of the stream will become steeper and steeper the higher one goes.

The cypress begins near the mouth of the Ohio and spreads through the alluvion portions of the Lower Valley.

The new channels are made of a cross-section to enable the water to carry on its alluvion and silt.

Thou hast broken from the hills that enchained thee, and now rollest far and free, cleaving a wide way through thine own alluvion.

Word Value for alluvion
Scrable

11

Words with friends

16

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