Loess
Loess noun - A fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind.
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Sediment
Sediment noun - Matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid.
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Loess and sediment are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Loess" instead a noun "Sediment".
Nearby Words: sedimentary, sedimentation
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Sediment and Loess. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/loess/sediment
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