sedimentnoun
uk/ˈsed.ɪ.mənt/us/ˈsed.ə.mənt/[ C or U ] a soft substance that is like a wet powder and consists of very small pieces of a solid material that have fallen to the bottom of a liquid:
There was a brown sediment in the bottom of the bottle.
sediments [ plural ]
sand, stones, etc. that slowly form a layer of rock:
It is hoped that the oil slick will sink to the seabed where it would be covered within a few years by sediments and eventually decompose.
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Things remaining
- (and) all the rest idiom
- balance
- bastion
- cutpiece
- deposit
- dregs
- for the rest idiom
- ground
- relic
- remainder
- remains
- remnant
- residual
- residue
- rest
- the shirt off sb's back idiom
- throwback
- time capsule
- vestige
- wreckage
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sedimentation
noun [ U ] uk/ˌsed.ɪ.menˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌsed.ə.menˈteɪ.ʃən/