Definitions for alluvium

alluvium al·lu·vi·um

Spelling: [uh-loo-vee-uh m]
IPA: /əˈlu vi əm/

Alluvium is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 107 anagrams from letters in alluvium (aillmuuv).

Definitions for alluvium

noun

  1. a deposit of sand, mud, etc., formed by flowing water.
  2. the sedimentary matter deposited thus within recent times, especially in the valleys of large rivers.

Origin of alluvium

1655-65; Latin, noun use of neuter of alluvius washed against, equivalent to alluv- (see alluvion) + -ius, -ium adj. suffix; see -ium

Examples for alluvium

Here I had an opportunity of seeing the material of which the alluvium is composed.

This soil, though not equal to the alluvium, or to the basaltic land, is much better than glacial precipitate usually is.

This growth rarely takes place from the waste of the bed rocks on which the alluvium lies.

Great alterations are often produced by alluvium—deltas and whole islands being often formed by this cause.

If so, the thickness of the alluvium is at least 1800 ft., and may be much more.

It would be interesting to know the thickness of the alluvium.

Strata intersected by a trap dike, and covered with alluvium.

The granite of this round world lies underneath, and the alluvium settles on the surface.

Only in the most highly favored places where a small bench or a patch of alluvium occurs may one find even an isolated dwelling.

An alluvium deposited by the waves of Time in the human soul, and which becomes the basis of psychological Mont Blancs.

Word Value for alluvium
Scrable

13

Words with friends

19

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