ALLUVIATION

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating

Synonyms:

alluviation; deposit; sedimentation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("alluviation" is a kind of...):

geological phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alluviation"):

load; lode (a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks)

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