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sedimentary
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective sedimentary has 2 senses
- sedimentary(a = adj.pert) Array - resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of sediment; "sedimentary deposits" Derived form noun sediment1
- sedimentary(a = adj.all) aqueous - produced by the action of water; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
sedimentary, a. [Cf. F. sédimentaire.].
Of or pertaining to sediment; formed by sediment; containing matter that has subsided. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
sedimentary
Remainder
N remainder, residue, remains, remanent, remnant, rest, relic, leavings, heeltap, odds and ends, cheesepairings, candle ends, orts, residuum, dregs, refuse, stubble, result, educt, fag-end, ruins, wreck, skeleton, stump, alluvium, surplus, overplus, excess, balance, complement, superplus, surplusage, superfluity, survival, survivance, remaining, left, left behind left over, residual, residuary, over, odd, unconsumed, sedimentary, surviving, net, exceeding, over and above, outlying, outstanding, cast off, superfluous.
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