sedimentary

1. 1.

   resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of sediment

   “sedimentary deposits”
2. 2.

   produced by the action of water

   Synonymsaqueous

   geology

Questions about sedimentary

What does sedimentary mean?

sedimentary means "resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of sediment". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sedimentary?

sedimentary has 5 syllables: sed-i-men-ta-ry. The stress falls on "men". In IPA it is /ˌsɛdəˈmɛntɚi/.

What is another word for sedimentary?

Close synonyms include aqueous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sedimentary a common word?

sedimentary is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with sedimentary?

7 words rhyme with sedimentary. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.