Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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alluvion | Yes | No | No | No |
inundation | Yes | No | No | No |
alluvion (noun) | inundation (noun) |
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clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down | the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land |
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land | an overwhelming number or amount |
gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment |