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View synonyms for alluvial

alluvial

[ uh-loo-vee-uhl ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to alluvium.


noun

  1. alluvial soil.
  2. Australia. gold-bearing alluvial soil.

alluvial

/ əˈluːvɪəl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to alluvium
“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


noun

  1. another name for alluvium
  2. 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
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Other Words From

  • nonal·luvi·al adjective noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of alluvial1

First recorded in 1795–1805; alluvi(um) + -al 1
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Example Sentences

Large mining companies use high-tech methods for open-pit and underground mining, whereas alluvial mining is done by hand and may be unregulated.

The ground was fertile, with alluvial, or unconsolidated, soil.

In the valleys the land is a deep alluvial loam, easily worked, producing bountiful crops of the finest leaf tobacco.

The Pryor makes the heaviest, richest shipping, and can only be grown to perfection on alluvial or heavily manured lands.

As the alluvial deposit is laid down, a good deal of vegetable matter was built into it.

At the same time the alluvial materials, building out to sea, thus diminish the slope of the stream.

Since then alluvial plains have filled this estuary to even beyond the original mouth.

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