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Silty is an English word with synonyms like loose. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Silty in a sentence

Silty meaning

  1. Having a noticeable amount of silt.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of silt.

Synonyms of Silty

loose

Related words

Other words often associated with Silty or its synonyms:

light sandy loosen compact lax friable baggy release unconsolidated free shifting stiffen

Using Silty

  • The main meaning on this page is: Having a noticeable amount of silt. | Resembling or characteristic of silt.
  • Useful related words include: loose.
  • In the example corpus, silty often appears in combinations such as: silty soil, the silty, silty and.

Context around Silty

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

too 1× rich 1×

Often after:

soil 2× area 1× sand 1× clay 1× deposit 1×

Sentence patterns with Silty

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a rich silty deposit which 1× bed of silty clay may 1× better than silty and sandy 1× moisture in silty soil it 1× or the silty sand that 1× out the silty area between 1× silty soil feels 1× still too silty to see 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

clay soils also 1× now it s 1× schmitt said the 1× silty soil feels 1× the water was 1× typical puget sound 1×

Common sentence endings:

a pedestrian bridge 1× fertilizes the soil 1× manageable to till 1× of the lake 1× slump in landslides 1× soft and smooth 1×

Words around Silty

Just before it in the word index:

siltstone 3 silts 9 siltronic 3 silting 15 silted 15 siltation 9

Just after it in the word index:

silumbu 2 silungwe 7 silures 2 silurian 31 siluriformes 3 silva 862

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 13 aamer 13 aave 13 abdelmadjid 13 abdulkarim 13 abdulsalami 13

Corpus analysis for Silty

  • In this selection, "silty" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, too, rich, soil, area and sand stand out and add context to how "silty" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a rich silty deposit which and bed of silty clay may. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "silty" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with silty

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Silty soil feels like flour, soft and smooth. (8 words)

When the Nile floods it leaves a rich silty deposit which fertilizes the soil. (14 words)

When there is enough moisture in silty soil, it is smooth and manageable to till. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Schmitt said the project will also address drainage coming off the roadway, as well as “mucking out” the silty area between the current Chamber Park and the site of the new park, to create an inlet that will be connected by a pedestrian bridge. (44 words)

Typical Puget Sound profiles of dense glacial till overlying permeable glacial outwash of gravels above an impermeable bed of silty clay may become unstable after periods of unusually wet weather and slump in landslides. (34 words)

Most of the beaches consist of either grass, rocks, or the silty sand that also makes up most of the bottom of the lake. (24 words)

Example sentences (9)

Silty soil feels like flour, soft and smooth.

When there is enough moisture in silty soil, it is smooth and manageable to till.

Now it’s almost always brown and, even when at its clearest, is still too silty to see the bottom to greater depth.

Schmitt said the project will also address drainage coming off the roadway, as well as “mucking out” the silty area between the current Chamber Park and the site of the new park, to create an inlet that will be connected by a pedestrian bridge.

Clay soils also resist wind and water erosion better than silty and sandy soils, as the particles bond tightly to each other.

Most of the beaches consist of either grass, rocks, or the silty sand that also makes up most of the bottom of the lake.

The water was silty and bad tasting but it could be used if no other water was available.

Typical Puget Sound profiles of dense glacial till overlying permeable glacial outwash of gravels above an impermeable bed of silty clay may become unstable after periods of unusually wet weather and slump in landslides.

When the Nile floods it leaves a rich silty deposit which fertilizes the soil.

Common combinations with silty

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "silty" in a sentence?
An example: "Silty soil feels like flour, soft and smooth." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "silty" from authentic English texts.
What does "silty" mean?
Silty means: Having a noticeable amount of silt.
What are synonyms of "silty"?
Common synonyms of "silty" include: loose.
How many example sentences with "silty" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "silty", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.