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sediment

/ˈsɛd.ɪ.mənt/

noun

the material that settles to the bottom of a liquid

  • “By means of a super high-pressure water spray practically all the sediment is removed.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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