Meanings
- not comparablegeographyMade by the deposition and compression of small particles.
It's a geological wonderland, with great exposures of colorful and varied sedimentary rocks.
2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition
plural sedimentaries
- A rock of this kind.
The absence of sedimentaries and metasedimentaries in W52 suggest it is not from the Sepik north coast, which is defined by heterogeneous lithic inclusions derived from the Torricelli Mountains.
2015 September 3, “Earliest Pottery on New Guinea Mainland Reveals Austronesian Influences in Highland Environments 3000 Years Ago”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveproduced by the action of water
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sed-
- Proto-Indo-European*sedéh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*sedēō
- Latinsedeō
- Latinsedimentum
- Middle Frenchsédiment
- Englishsediment
- Englishsedimentary
Translations
Bulgarian утаечен
- утаечен (utaečen)composed of sediment
Catalan sedimentari
- sedimentaricomposed of sediment
Chinese Mandarin 沉積成的 /沉积成的
- 沉積成的 /沉积成的 (chénjī chéng de)composed of sediment
Danish sedimentær
- sedimentærcomposed of sediment
Dutch sedimentair
- sedimentaircomposed of sediment
Finnish kerrostunut, sedimenttinen
- kerrostunutcomposed of sediment
- sedimenttinencomposed of sediment
- sedimentti-composed of sediment
French sédimentaire
- sédimentairecomposed of sediment
Greek ιζηματογενής
- ιζηματογενής (izimatogenís)composed of sediment
Italian sedimentario
- sedimentariocomposed of sediment
Latin sedimentārius
- sedimentāriuscomposed of sediment
Māori parataiao
- parataiaocomposed of sediment
Norwegian Bokmål sedimentær
- sedimentærcomposed of sediment
Polish osadowy
- osadowycomposed of sediment
Portuguese sedimentário
- sedimentáriocomposed of sediment
Romanian sedimentar
- sedimentarcomposed of sediment
Russian оса́дочный
- оса́дочный (osádočnyj)composed of sediment
Spanish sedimentario
- sedimentariocomposed of sediment
Thai เป็นตะกอน
- เป็นตะกอน (bpen-dtà-gɔɔn)composed of sediment
Turkish tortul, tortulu
- tortulcomposed of sediment
- tortulucomposed of sediment
- tunmalcomposed of sediment
Welsh gwaddodol
- gwaddodolcomposed of sediment
Cite this entry
sedimentary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sedimentary
“sedimentary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sedimentary. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sedimentary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sedimentary.
Source: sedimentary on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.