DICTIONARY ENTRY
4 SYLLABLES
alluvion
/ə'luviən/ · əluviən
Alluvion has 4 syllables: al · lu · vi · on.
al
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lu
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vi
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on
04
noun. Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down.
noun. The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land.
noun. Gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment.
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