1. ALLU'VION ,
2. ALLU'VIOUS, adjective The same as alluvial, and less frequently used.
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1. Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.
2. An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.
3. Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium.
4. An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.
Land Roget’s Thesaurus §342
N. land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma, # continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese, delta, tongue of land, neck of land, isthmus, oasis, promontory, highland, coast, shore, scar, strand, beach, playa, bank, lea, seaboard, seaside, seabank, seacoast, seabeach, ironbound coast, loom of the land, derelict, innings, alluvium, alluvion, ancon, riverbank, river bank, levee, soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot, rock, crag, acres, real estate, landsman
V. land, come to land, set foot on the soil, set foot on dry land, come ashore, go ashore, debark
Adj. earthy, continental, midland, coastal, littoral, riparian, alluvial, terrene, landed, predial, territorial, geophilous, ripicolous
Adv. ashore, on shore, on land
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