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Definition silt

Etymology

From Middle English silte, cilte, cylte, perhaps from Middle English silen ("to filter; strain"; equivalent to sile +‎ -t), or cognate with Norwegian and Danish sylt (�salt marsh�), Middle Low German sulte (�salt-marsh�), German Sulze, S�lze (�brine�), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sultij? (�salty water; brine�). Related to Old English sealt (�salt�).

Noun

silt (countable and uncountable, plural silts)

  1. (uncountable) Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
  2. (uncountable, by extension) Material with similar physical characteristics, whatever its origins or transport.
  3. (countable, geology) A particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

Verb

silt (third-person singular simple present silts, present participle silting, simple past and past participle silted)

  1. (transitive) To clog or fill with silt.
  2. (intransitive) To become clogged with silt.
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To flow through crevices; to percolate.

Results 149 Words with the letters SILT

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6 letter words with the letters SILT ↑
BLITES 10
CLIFTS 13
DELIST 8
DISTAL 8
DISTIL 8
ELINTS 8
ELITES 7
ENLIST 8
FILETS 10
FILTHS 12
FLIEST 10
FLINTS 11
FLIRTS 10
FLITES 10
GASLIT 9
GLINTS 10
GUILTS 10
HOLIST 9
IDLEST 8
ILLEST 8
INLETS 8
INSTAL 8
INSTIL 8
INSULT 9
ISLETS 7
ISTLES 7
ITSELF 10
IXTLES 14
LATHIS 9
LATISH 9
LEGIST 9
LEGITS 9
LICHTS 12
LIGHTS 11
LIKEST 11
LIMITS 10
LISTED 8
LISTEE 7
LISTEL 8
LISTEN 8
LISTER 7
LITERS 7
LITHOS 9
LITMUS 11
LITRES 7
LIVEST 11
LUTIST 8
LYRIST 9
MISLIT 10
PASTIL 10
PILOTS 10
PISTIL 10
PISTOL 10
PLAITS 10
QUILTS 17
RELIST 7
SALTIE 7
SILENT 8
SILTED 8
SKYLIT 13
SLIEST 7
SLIGHT 11
SMALTI 10
SPILTH 12
SPITAL 10
SPLINT 11
SPLITS 10
SPOILT 10
STELAI 7
STELIC 10
STIFLE 10
STILES 7
STILLS 8
STILLY 10
STILTS 7
STIPEL 10
STOLID 8
SUNLIT 9
TAHSIL 9
TALLIS 8
THILLS 10
THIOLS 9
THIRLS 9
TICALS 10
TILAKS 11
TILDES 8
TILERS 7
TILTHS 9
TINSEL 8
TITLES 7
TOILES 7
TONSIL 8
TRAILS 7
TRIALS 7
TRILLS 8
TRIOLS 7
TULIPS 11
TWILLS 11
TWIRLS 10
VILEST 11
VITALS 11
WHILST 12
5 letter words with the letters SILT ↑
ALIST 6
FLITS 9
GILTS 8
HILTS 8
ISLET 6
ISTLE 6
JILTS 15
KILTS 10
LIFTS 9
LILTS 7
LINTS 7
LISTS 6
LITAS 6
MILTS 9
SILTS 6
SILTY 8
SLIPT 9
SLITS 6
SPILT 9
SPLIT 9
STILE 6
STILL 7
STILT 6
STYLI 8
TAILS 6
TILES 6
TILLS 7
TILTS 6
TIRLS 6
TOILS 6
WILTS 9
4 letter words with the letters SILT ↑
LIST 5
LITS 5
SILT 5
SLIT 5
TILS 5
3 letter words with the letters SILT ↑
ITS 3
LIS 4
LIT 4
SIT 3
TIL 4
TIS 3
2 letter words with the letters SILT ↑
IS 2
IT 2
LI 3
SI 2
TI 2

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