Definition for Alluvion:

• gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment

Synonyms for Alluvion:

• n.

  •
  • cataract,
  • big,
  • freshet,
  • cataclysm,
  • spate.
  •alluvial deposit (noun)
  • alluvial deposit.
  •alluvial sediment (noun)
  • alluvial sediment.
  •alluvion (noun)
  • inundation,
  • deluge,
  • flood,
  • alluvium.
  •catastrophe (noun)
  • up shot,
  • mis-chance,
  • de solations,
  • mis chance,
  • mis-chances,
  • up-shots,
  • mis fortunes,
  • mis fortune,
  • mis adventure,
  • mis-fortunes,
  • mis chances,
  • mis-adventure,
  • de-solations,
  • the worsts,
  • re verse,
  • re-verse,
  • mis adventures,
  • de solation,
  • mis-adventures,
  • up-shot,
  • de-solation,
  • up shots.
  •drift (noun)
  • de-posits,
  • de posits,
  • de-posit,
  • de posit.
  •flood (noun)
  • downpour,
  • outgushing,
  • outpouring,
  • Drencher,
  • surplus,
  • torrent,
  • glut,
  • cascade,
  • torrents,
  • tsunami,
  • niagaras,
  • gush,
  • tsunamis,
  • overflow.
  •process (noun)
  • alluvion.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • niagara.

Antonyms for Alluvion:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    trickle, drip, drought, dribble.

Alluvion Sentence Examples:

• Alluvion is an imperceptible addition; and that which is added so gradually that you cannot perceive the exact increase from one moment of time to another is added by alluvion.

• From about Cairo it flows southward through the greater delta, or land built up by its own action in ages past, and in all this part of its course both banks and bottom are of yielding alluvion.

Homophones for Alluvion:

• alabaman, albumen, albino, alpinia, allophone, alabama, alpine, albumin, album, alpena, albanian, alluvium, albania, alvine, albany, alpine anemone, albion, alabamian.

Hyponym for Alluvion:

• n.

  • process
    geological process, geologic process.