Definition of sedimentary in English:
sedimentary
adjective sɛdɪˈmɛntriˌsɛdəˈmɛn(t)əri
1Relating to sediment.
Example sentencesExamples
- This habitat is dominated by fine sedimentary material, brought into the estuary by the tidal flow, which forms the mud flats.
- Rifts typically also exhibit characteristic seismic and volcanic features, and contain thick sedimentary deposits.
- 1.1Geology (of rock) that has formed from sediment deposited by water or air.
Example sentencesExamples
- The present juxtaposition of the two sedimentary basins may have resulted from two separate events.
- Above these sedimentary rocks is a sequence of interbedded alluvial floodplain deposits and palaeosols.
- However, the fossil graveyard is a sedimentary basin where fossils would be concentrated.
- Seasonal temperature cycles resulted in the rhythmic deposition of sedimentary layers of varying density.
- Why do we find petrified trees spanning supposedly millions of years of sedimentary strata?
Rhymes
alimentary, complementary, complimentary, documentary, elementary, parliamentary, rudimentary, supplementary, testamentary
Definition of sedimentary in US English:
sedimentary
adjectiveˌsedəˈmen(t)ərēˌsɛdəˈmɛn(t)əri
1Relating to sediment.
Example sentencesExamples
- Rifts typically also exhibit characteristic seismic and volcanic features, and contain thick sedimentary deposits.
- This habitat is dominated by fine sedimentary material, brought into the estuary by the tidal flow, which forms the mud flats.
- 1.1Geology (of rock) that has formed from sediment deposited by water or air.
Example sentencesExamples
- Above these sedimentary rocks is a sequence of interbedded alluvial floodplain deposits and palaeosols.
- However, the fossil graveyard is a sedimentary basin where fossils would be concentrated.
- Why do we find petrified trees spanning supposedly millions of years of sedimentary strata?
- Seasonal temperature cycles resulted in the rhythmic deposition of sedimentary layers of varying density.
- The present juxtaposition of the two sedimentary basins may have resulted from two separate events.