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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
alluvion, alluvium, ash, cinder, clinker, debris, deposit, deposition, deposits, detritus, diluvium, draff, dregs, drift, dross, ember, feces, froth, grounds, lees, loess, moraine, offscum, ooze, precipitate, precipitation, scoria, scree, scum, sediment, settlings, sinter, slag, sludge, smut, soot, sublimate
Dictionary Results for silt:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
silt
    n 1: mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
    v 1: become chocked with silt; "The river silted up" [syn: silt
         up, silt]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Silt \Silt\ (s[i^]lt), n. [OE. silte gravel, fr. silen to drain,
   E. sile; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. sila, prob. akin
   to AS. se['o]n to filter, s[imac]gan to fall, sink, cause to
   sink, G. seihen to strain, to filter, OHG. s[imac]han, Icel.
   s[imac]a, Skr. sic to pour; cf. Gr. 'ikma`s moisture. Cf.
   Sig, Sile.]
   Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Silt \Silt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Silted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Silting.]
   To choke, fill, or obstruct with silt or mud.
   [1913 Webster]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Silt \Silt\, v. i.
   To flow through crevices; to percolate.
   [1913 Webster]

5. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Silt, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
   Population (2000):    1740
   Housing Units (2000): 668
   Land area (2000):     2.821723 sq. miles (7.308230 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    2.821723 sq. miles (7.308230 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            70195
   Located within:       Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
   Location:             39.546316 N, 107.652072 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     81652
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Silt, CO
    Silt


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