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[ uh-loo-vee-uhl ] / əˈlu vi əl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR alluvial ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof or relating to alluvium. nounalluvial soil. Australia. gold-bearing alluvial soil. Origin of alluvialFirst recorded in 1795–1805; alluvi(um) + -al1 OTHER WORDS FROM alluvialnon·al·lu·vi·al, adjective, nounWords nearby alluvialallure, allurement, alluring, allusion, allusive, alluvial, alluvial fan, alluvial mining, alluvial plain, alluvion, alluvium Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for alluvialThe ground was fertile, with alluvial, or unconsolidated, soil. Ester Elchies, The Estate Built By Whiskey||December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Mere amplitude of the most ordinary elements of water and alluvial land has done this. Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft The vast stain of mud and alluvial filth extended for leagues into the gulf. Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft There is a group of valleys all round them, and alluvial beds accumulate in them. The Argentine Republic|Pierre Denis
The soil in those situations is alluvial, and its extreme fertility often induces unfortunate people to reside in them. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America|S. A. Ferrall The alluvial deposit from primeval lakes contributed to fatten the soil of other parts of the prairies. The Frontier in American History|Frederick Jackson Turner
British Dictionary definitions for alluvial
adjectiveof or relating to alluvium nounanother name for alluvium Australian and NZ alluvium containing any heavy mineral, esp gold Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to alluvialterrestrial, mundane, temporal, worldly, carnal, physical, secular, material, terrene, human, mortal, telluric, tellurian, corporeal, earthbound, earthen, earthy, global, profane, nonspiritual |