assoreamento
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From a- + sob + areia + -mento or from assorear + -mento.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: as‧so‧re‧a‧men‧to
Noun edit
assoreamento m (usually uncountable, plural assoreamentos)
- siltation/silting (accumulation of debris (sand, pebbles, silt, etc.) in areas of low elevation of the riverbed, especially in the final part)
- siltation/silting (obstruction of the bar of a river, port, etc., by the deposit of debris)
Further reading edit
- “assoreamento” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
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