adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˌsɛd.əˈmɛn.tə.ɹi/
/ˌsɛd.əˈmɛn.tɹi/
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CMU ARPABET:S EH2 D AH0 M EH1 N T ER0 IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Made by the deposition and compression of small particles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A rock of this kind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective
Meaning 3
produced by the action of water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aqueous
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective
Meaning 4
resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of sediment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
sedimentary deposits
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English sediment Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English sedimentary From sediment + -ary.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
утаечен
(utaečen)
— composed of sediment
Catalan:
sedimentari
— composed of sediment
Chinese Mandarin:
沉積成的 /沉积成的
(chénjī chéng de)
— composed of sediment
Danish:
sedimentær
— composed of sediment
Dutch:
sedimentair
— composed of sediment
Finnish:
kerrostunut
— composed of sediment
Finnish:
sedimenttinen
— composed of sediment
Finnish:
sedimentti-
— composed of sediment
French:
sédimentaire
— composed of sediment
Galician:
sedimentario
— composed of sediment
Greek:
ιζηματογενής
(izimatogenís)
— composed of sediment
Italian:
sedimentario
— composed of sediment
Latin:
sedimentārius
— composed of sediment
Macedonian:
седиментен
(sedimenten)
— composed of sediment
Māori:
parataiao
— composed of sediment
Norwegian Bokmål:
sedimentær
— composed of sediment
Norwegian Nynorsk:
sedimentær
— composed of sediment
Polish:
osadowy
— composed of sediment
Portuguese:
sedimentário
— composed of sediment
Romanian:
sedimentar
— composed of sediment
Russian:
оса́дочный
(osádočnyj)
— composed of sediment
Spanish:
sedimentario
— composed of sediment
Thai:
เป็นตะกอน
(bpen-dtà-gɔɔn)
— composed of sediment