From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Oceanography, Drink, Geologysedimentsed‧i‧ment /ˈsedəmənt/ noun [countable, uncountable]HEODFDsolidsubstances that settle at the bottom of a liquid
a thick layer of sedimentExamples from the Corpussediment• sediment in the wine• Or, what were the source rocks of a sediment?• These later die and so the carbondioxide eventually finds its way to the sea floor as sediment.• A filled-in marsh is a sluice for sediment.• The earthquaketriggeredsubmarinelandslides that dislodged hundreds of cubic kilometers of sediment on the continentalslope.• However, a shift in the type of sediment from weathered to unweathered material is noted at this level.• This suggests that the subducted sediment somehow survived as a chemically and physically distinctregion large enough to avoid obliteration by diffusion.• Sandbanks and coastal marshes are now clear, as are the variations in the sedimentload of the estuarine waters.• Coralspeciesvary in their ability to cope with sediment.Originsediment(1500-1600)Latinsedimentum, from sedere“to sit, sink down”
