Diluvium

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  • n. An inundation or flood.
  • n. A deposit of sand, gravel, etc. made by oceanic flooding.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc., caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A deluge or an inundation; an overflowing.
  • n. Coarse detrital material, wherever found: a term introduced into geology in consequence of a general belief in the past occurrence of a universal deluge.
  • Word Usage
    "Connected with the diluvium is the history of ossiferous caverns, of which specimens singly exist at Kirkdale in Yorkshire, Gailenreuth in"
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    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    deposit    drift   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    affusion    diluvian    alluvion    bellum    alluvium    kaolin    gradus    thronum    conclusa    adunationem