Word | Definitions | Synonyms |
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alluvion | (noun) clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down | Synonyms: alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvium |
(noun) the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land | Synonyms: deluge, flood, inundation | |
(noun) gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment | - | |
oblivion | (noun) total forgetfulness | Synonyms: obliviousness |
(noun) the state of being disregarded or forgotten | Synonyms: limbo |