"silty" meaning in English

See silty in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-silty.wav [Southern-England] Forms: siltier [comparative], siltiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪlti Etymology: Etymology tree English silt English -y English silty From silt + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|silt|-y|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English silt English -y English silty From silt + -y. Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} silty (comparative siltier, superlative siltiest)
  1. Having a noticeable amount of silt. Translations (having a noticeable amount of silt): prachovitý (Czech), siltet (Danish), limoneux (French), verschlammt (German), schluffig (German), iszapos (Hungarian), limoso (Italian), siltoso (Italian), siltoso (Portuguese), limoso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-silty-en-adj-QNDsMP74 Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'having a noticeable amount of silt': 91 9
  2. Resembling or characteristic of silt.
    Sense id: en-silty-en-adj-hFlBiG3N Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: siltily, siltiness, unsilty

Inflected forms

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